Dieterich
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronym zu ahd. diot/altsächs
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈditɝɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dieterich is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- ARArgentina
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)
Patronym zu ahd. diot/altsächs. thiod/thiad ‘Volk’ + rīhhī/rīki ‘mächtig’; zeigt e-Fugenvokal-Variation. Rang 53.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
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)
Dieterich is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Dietrich; zeigt Vokalvariation im Cluster Dietrich/Diedrich/Dieterich/Diederich. Bearer count: 1353.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
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)
- Johann Christian Dieterichb. 1722DEGerman publisher (1722-1800)
- Julius Dieterichb. 1864DEGerman archivist
- Albrecht Dieterichb. 1866DEGerman classical philologist and religious studies scholar (1866–1908)
- William H. Dieterichb. 1876USAmerican politician (1876-1940)
- Max Bernd Dieterichb. 1914DEGerman navy officer and world war II U-boat commander
- James H. Dieterichb. 1942USAmerican geophysicist
- Heinz Dieterichb. 1943DEGerman sociologist
- Chris Dieterichb. 1958USAmerican football player
- Daniela C. Dieterichb. 1974DEGerman Biochemist
- Tanner Dieterichb. 1998USAmerican soccer player
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)
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #22,095 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,744 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #22,421 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 312 | #25,556 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 122 | — |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 67 | #25,494 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 27 | #29,501 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 21 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 15 | — |
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
- How do you pronounce Dieterich?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈditɝɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Dieterich mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronym zu ahd. diot/altsächs.
- In which country does Dieterich have the most bearers?
- Dieterich is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dieterichThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dieterich”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.