The Dieterich surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,148 people carried this name — #22,421 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,185 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 122 people named Dieterich 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 Misiones.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 77 people named Dieterich.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Haut-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
28 people named Dieterich live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 Dieterich,
with a public archive behind them.
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Conrad Dieterich 1575–1639 · parson
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Johannes Dieterich 1653–1705
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Andreas Dieterich 1717–1778 · organist
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Johann Christian Dieterich 1722–1800 · printer
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Heinrich Dieterich 1761–1837 · printer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dieterich.
- 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
- Dieterle 1,042 · U.S. census
- Dietlin 298 · U.S. census
- Dietrich 15,904 · U.S. census
- Dietsch 1,240 · U.S. census
- Diette 163 · U.S. census
- Dietz 18,720 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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