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

The Dietz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,720 people carried this name — #1,925 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 18,568 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,563 people named Dietz 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 741
Entre Ríos 412
Santa Fe 167
Río Negro 55
City of Buenos Aires 50
Chaco 38
La Pampa 31
Córdoba 29

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 434 people named Dietz.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Bas-Rhin 142
Moselle 37
Paris 24
Meurthe-et-Moselle 24
Marne 19
Indre 14
Aisne 13
Haut-Rhin 11

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

295 people named Dietz live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 87
Aargau 33
Thurgau 31
Bern 28
Basel-Stadt 19
St. Gallen 18
Solothurn 15
Basel-Landschaft 14

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

52 people named Dietz are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 27
Finland (2026) 25

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Dietz in American newspapers,
1910–1914.

Newspaper page from Yellowstone Monitor carrying the name Dietz
Yellowstone Monitor 1911-05-18
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Dietz
The Hattiesburg News 1914-02-07
Newspaper page from The Donaldsonville Chief carrying the name Dietz
The Donaldsonville Chief 1910-12-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 62,691 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dietz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ferdinand Dietz
    Ferdinand Dietz 1708–1777 · artist
  • Martin Dietz
    Martin Dietz 1765–1843 · school teacher
  • Feodor Dietz
    Feodor Dietz 1813–1870 · war artist
  • Hermann Dietz
    Hermann Dietz 1845–1920 · teacher
  • Sándor Mágócsy-Dietz
    Sándor Mágócsy-Dietz 1855–1945 · botanist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 213 lives in all are documented under this name.

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