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The surname Dierks

A surname, carried by 1,636 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D620

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dierks is more common than 89.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,636 people named Dierks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,583.

#17,300
rank among US surnames
1,636
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+3.3%
change since 2000 (was #16,655)

Who is named Dierks

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Dierks identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dierks

Dierks has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

Questions

How common is the surname Dierks?
1,636 people in the United States had the surname Dierks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. It ranked 17,300th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dierks?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Dierks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Dierks getting more or less common?
More common. 1,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,636 in 2010, up 3.3%.