Diehl
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname aus Dietrich; die Karte zeigt D/T/Th-Variation im Anlaut
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 19 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Diehl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 5K(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 11Kfew records
- JMJamaica≈1 in 12Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 399 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
18,815 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Patronymischer Familienname aus Dietrich; die Karte zeigt D/T/Th-Variation im Anlaut. Variantencluster: Diehl, Diel, Dill, Thiel, Thielen, Thelen, Tielke.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Diehl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 18,815 | 1 in 18K | 19K | Diehl | 399 |
| DE Germany | #411 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Diehl | 164 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Diehl | 60 |
| BR Brazil | — | 3,417 | 1 in 62K | 3.4K | — | 4 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Diehl | 104 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Diehl | 5 |
| JM Jamaica | #324 | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Diehl | 1 |
18,815 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Diehl is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Familienname; zeigt D/T/Th-Varianz im Anlaut bei Patronymen aus Dietrich; Bearer count nicht angegeben.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Patronymischer Familienname aus dem Rufnamen Dietrich; Kurz- und Nebenformen der Dietrich-Gruppe.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronym aus Thielo/Thietilo zu Dietrich; zeigt Anlaut-Varianz D/T/Th. 20 Types/10423 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Deutscher Familienname; Schreibvariante mit dentalem Plosiv (d/t), 10 423 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Charles Diehlb. 1859FRFrench Byzantinist (1859–1944)
- Karl Diehlb. 1864DEGerman economist (1864–1943)
- Karl Ludwig Diehlb. 1896DEGerman actor (1896–1958)
- Richard Diehlb. 1940USAmerican archaeologist
- Hans Diehlb. 1940DEGerman actor (1940–2024)
- Ernst Diehlb. 1949DEGerman footballer
- John Diehlb. 1950USAmerican actor (born 1950)
- August Diehlb. 1976DEGerman actor
- Ella Diehlb. 1978RUbadminton player
- Jakob Diehlb. 1978DEGerman actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)30 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 19K | #1,916 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 19K | #1,772 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 18K | #1,944 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 3.4K | #3,070 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Diehl mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname aus Dietrich; die Karte zeigt D/T/Th-Variation im Anlaut.
- In which country does Diehl have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 19 thousand people named Diehl, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled diehl.
- How common is the name Diehl?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,815 people named Diehl in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Diehl compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Diehl is the 324th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/diehlThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Diehl” — the 324th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.