Dietrich surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dietrich surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 15,761 people carried this name — #2,112 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,100 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,637 people named Dietrich live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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Where they live today

Bern 543
Zurich 472
St. Gallen 310
Fribourg 199
Aargau 158
Thurgau 136
Graubünden 131
Basel-Landschaft 105

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,000 people named Dietrich.

99 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 99
Bas-Rhin 610
Haut-Rhin 447
Moselle 219
Paris 140
Meurthe-et-Moselle 54
Doubs 49
Vosges 47
Territoire de Belfort 26

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

439 people named Dietrich have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 654 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

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Where they live today

Pomeranian 171
Silesian 34
Masovian 34
West Pomeranian 31
Opole 27
Lower Silesian 25
Greater Poland 22
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 19

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Dietrich,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Veit Dietrich
    Veit Dietrich 1506–1549 · writer
  • Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
    Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich 1712–1774 · painter
  • Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich
    Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich 1765–1850 · botanist
  • Amalie Dietrich
    Amalie Dietrich 1821–1891 · naturalist
  • Albert Dietrich
    Albert Dietrich 1829–1908 · composer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 144 lives in all are documented under this name.

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