Dier is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dier
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dier

How popular is Dier?

Dier is common in Germany.

Dier is ranked 123562 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Diers plummeted by 9.436435 per cent to 691 since 2000 and slipped by 3884 spots and ranked at 33121. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.9 93.84
Black 3.62 2.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.46 1.97
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.88 1.05
Dier is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Germany. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ecuador. Around 3227 people have been found who wears Dier as their family name. Dier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,605 Austria3
37,372 Georgia2
18,718 Thailand2
1,500,361 India2
12,161 Wales2
20,595 China2
3,952 Yemen1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
38,063 Mauritania1
53,505 Turkey1
120,357 Argentina1
10,958 Bangladesh1
16,228 Bulgaria1
24,771 Colombia1
746 Dominica1
16,640 Hong Kong1
153,416 Italy1
6,212 Jamaica1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
38,841 Scotland1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,662 Belgium30
64,073 Australia28
36,547 Switzerland27
69,202 Netherlands18
14,048 Ireland16
355,817 Indonesia15
202,099 Ukraine14
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with hundreds of Dier:
29,780 United States998
4,084 Ecuador230
52,914 Brazil191
19,108 Canada188
57,437 France171
31,938 England140
103,269 Russia112
Countries with thousands of Dier:
9,745 Germany1,009
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman William Dier and workman William Dier from Great Britain aboard the Boreas from New Ross during the Irish famine. William is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in USA on May 9, 1849.

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Winnie Dear
Dier is an Alsatian family name, representing a derivative of Dietrich, German form of thierry name of Germanic origin derived from Theoderic, consists of Theod people and ric which means powerful.

Dier Namesakes

  • Adiel Dierkens, Politician
  • Dieter Dierks, Sound engineer
  • Angela Dierdorff Petro, Actress
  • Armin Dierolf, Cinematographer
  • Arno Dierickx, Film director
  • Dieter Dierks, Sound engineer
  • Henry Beecher Dierdorff, Inventor
  • Charles Dierkop, Film actor
  • Kevin van Diermen, Soccer player
  • Brett Dier, Actor

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