The Diel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,244 people carried this name — #21,105 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,262 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Diel surname
From the German surname, variant of Diehl.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Diel» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 427 people named Diel live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Diel.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Ardèche.
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
32 people named Diel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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 Diel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adrian Diel 1756–1833 · physician -
Florentius Diel 1473–1518 · pastor
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Johann Baptist Diel 1843–1876 · writer
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Nikolaus Diel 1868–1952 · politician
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Nikolaus Diel 1868–1952 · politician
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Louise Diel 1893–1967 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diel.
- Diebolt 284 · U.S. census
- Diederich 2,322 · U.S. census
- Diederichs 326 · U.S. census
- Diedrich 3,655 · U.S. census
- Diego 6,141 · U.S. census
- Diehl 18,815 · U.S. census
- Dieleman 295 · U.S. census
- Diem 1,771 · U.S. census
- Diemer 2,154 · U.S. census
- Diemert 571 · U.S. census
- Dien 340 · U.S. census
- Diener 2,900 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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