Cognomen Diesel (Diesel 
, Disel 
, Dizeli 
) , globally, is a common surname. The cognomen Diesel is habitual in Austria, where it is quite a rare surname, Paraguay, and Egypt. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Brazil, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Diesel is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Diesel | Egypt, Indonesia, Brazil, Cameroon, Algeria |
| Disel | Egypt, Indonesia, Brazil, United States, Algeria |
| Dizeli | Turkey, Brazil, Tanzania |
| Дизель | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| mathias diesel German architect, DE (b. 1675) |
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| nathanael diesel Danish composer (b. 1692) |
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| johann christoph diesel (b. 1726) |
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rudolf diesel German inventor and mechanical engineer, GB (b. 1858) |
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| carl heinrich ferdinand diesel (b. 1821) |
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| theodor diesel (b. 1830) |
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| eugen diesel German writer, DE (b. 1889) |
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| carl diesel (b. 1892) |
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eric diesel American mathematician, US (b. 1957) |
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johnny diesel Australian musician, AU (b. 1966) |
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| jürgen diesel German ambassador, DE (b. 1926) |
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| heinz diesel German photographer, DE (b. 1928) |
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| john wallace diesel American mathematician, rocket scientist, navigator and inventor, US (b. 1929) |
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chank diesel Canadian type designer, type foundry owner |
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jay diesel CZ (b. 1978) |
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