as a Last Name
- 15,905
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Dietrich
Meaning & Origins
German: from the Germanic personal name Tederich (Theudoricus), composed of the elements theud ‘people’, ‘race’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’, ‘rich’. This surname is common throughout central and eastern Europe, particularly in the western Slavic countries. The forename occurs in a wide variety of local forms, especially in northern Germany. It is cognate with Dutch Diederik (see Dederick).
| 1,980th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,905
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Dietrich per capita
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