The Diener surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,900 people carried this name — #10,968 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,725 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,121 people named Diener live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 194 people named Diener.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 60 people named Diener 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
69 people named Diener is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Diener in American newspapers,
1909–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 65,906 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Diener,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carl Diener 1862–1928 · geologist -
Verena Diener d. 1525
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Hans Diener 1520–1576 · Warden
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Johann Friedrich Diener 1699–1778 · Warden
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Jakob Diener 1820–1882 · master builder
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Eugen Diener 1849–1879 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diener.
- Diel 1,244 · 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
- Dieng 582 · U.S. census
- Diep 6,168 · U.S. census
- Dier 691 · U.S. census
- Dierickx 275 · U.S. census
- Diers 1,299 · U.S. census
- Dies 988 · U.S. census
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