The Diederichs surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 326 people carried this name — #61,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 303 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Diederichs.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Diederichs live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Diederichs,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eugen Diederichs 1867–1930 · publisher -
Fritz Diederichs 1805–1888 · politician
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Heinrich Diederichs 1840–1914 · librarian
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Karl Diederichs 1882–1965 · jurist
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Karl Diederichs 1892–1959
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Wilhelm Diederichs 1896–1974 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diederichs.
- Didio 1,161 · U.S. census
- Didion 853 · U.S. census
- Die 222 · U.S. census
- Diebold 2,042 · U.S. census
- Diebolt 284 · U.S. census
- Diederich 2,322 · U.S. census
- Diedrich 3,655 · U.S. census
- Diego 6,141 · U.S. census
- Diehl 18,815 · U.S. census
- Diel 1,244 · U.S. census
- Dieleman 295 · U.S. census
- Diem 1,771 · U.S. census
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