Diels
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Otto, German chemist (Nobel J 950)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/dɪɛls/(machine-generated) Dutch · model-generated
Diels is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- BEBelgium
- NLNetherlands
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Otto, German chemist (Nobel J 950)
Cited for this meaning 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Diels is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Croatian, njemački kemičar, za razvoj metode pripreme cikličkih organskih spojeva Nobelova nagrada 1950 (s K. Alderom)
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
In Latvian, Dēlis
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Hermann Dielsb. 1848DEGerman classical scholar (1848–1922)
- Ludwig Dielsb. 1874DEGerman botanist (1874–1945)
- Otto Paul Hermann Dielsb. 1876DEGerman chemist (1876–1954)
- Paul Dielsb. 1882DEGerman linguist (1882-1963)
- Gerard Dielsb. 1897NLDutch essayist, poet, literary and journalist (1897-1956)
- Rudolf Dielsb. 1900DEGerman lawyer and civil servant, first Gestapo chief and protege of Gestapo founder Hermann Göring (1900-1957)
- Hendrik Dielsb. 1901BEBelgian conductor (1901–1974)
- Joris Dielsb. 1903BEBelgian film director (1903–1992)
- Sien Dielsb. 1947BEBelgian actress (1947–2021)
- Jef Dielsb. 1952BEBelgian painter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1.6K | #715 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 1.5K | #746 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 234 | #8,907 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 198 | #98,131 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 185 | #98,099 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 167 | #100,194 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 15 | #97,717 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 8 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Diels mean, and where does it come from?
- Otto, German chemist (Nobel J 950) Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- How do you pronounce Diels?
- In Dutch /dɪɛls/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Diels have the most bearers?
- Diels is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Diels”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.