The Diep surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,168 people carried this name — #5,636 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is up 28% from 4,827 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Diep surname
From the Vietnamese surname, compare Điệp and Diệp.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Diep» (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 197 people named Diep 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 San Luis.
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 104 people named Diep.
Most of them — 97 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Paris.
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
84 people named Diep live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
126 people named Diep 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
Diep in American newspapers,
1825–1943.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,030 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Diep,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thuy Diep 1980– · fashion designer -
Tyler Diep 1983– · politician -
Hung T Diep 1948– · physicist
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Nhu Diep 1978– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Diep.
- 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
- Dieng 582 · U.S. census
- Dier 691 · U.S. census
- Dierickx 275 · U.S. census
- Diers 1,299 · U.S. census
- Dies 988 · U.S. census
- Dieterich 1,148 · U.S. census
- Dieterle 1,042 · U.S. census
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