Díez is used as a family name or surname in Spain, Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Díez
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Spain, Germany
Meaning:

The surname Diez is the variation of the Dietze. Descendant of Teuzo, a pet form of names beginning with Diet meaning "people," as Theudoald, Theotwig, and Theudulf.

Lastname is the variant of the Dietz. Descendant of Teuzo, a pet form of names beginning with Diet meaning "people," as Theudoald, Theotwig, and Theudulf.

Diez is a variant of Diaz. The son of Diago, corrupted form of Diego meaning "supplanter".

Surname Diez is the variant of the Diaz. Dia's or of Dia; i.e., son of Dia, Diag, Diago or Diego.

How popular is Díez?

Díez is common in Spain, Argentina, Philippines, United States, Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Bolivia, Cuba, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Panama, Ecuador, Belgium, Italy, Paraguay, England, Switzerland, Canada.

Díez is ranked 4943 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Diezs grew by 18.59 per cent to 3502 since 2000 and ranked 9293 after elevating 773 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 68.96 63.43
White 26.38 31.97
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.94 2.47
Others 0.74 0.98
Black 0.66 0.71
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.44
Diez is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Spain which signifies its Spain provenence. Around 114297 people have been found who wears Diez as their family name. Diez is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Díez:
66 Spain65,040
406 Argentina12,908
Countries with thousands of Díez:
1,295 Philippines8,002
9,516 United States4,316
1,162 Colombia4,088
2,653 France2,913
3,739 Germany2,828
2,618 Mexico2,432
645 Bolivia2,401
793 Cuba1,376
1,098 Chile1,164
2,965 Peru1,118
Countries with hundreds of Díez:
2,010 Venezuela867
12,164 Brazil678
1,126 Dominican Republic662
703 Uruguay539
780 Panama499
4,742 Ecuador317
6,287 Belgium299
32,081 Italy262
1,095 Paraguay221
22,251 England193
7,250 Switzerland144
31,754 Canada105
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,627 Portugal85
4,065 Guatemala68
221 Andorra65
1,440 Costa Rica63
37,357 Australia55
1,326 Puerto Rico53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
208,465 Thailand45
41,894 Netherlands43
4,168 Taiwan42
176,839 Indonesia41
15,673 United Arab Emirates39
6,884 Singapore34
7,397 Ireland28
18,836 New Zealand26
27,867 Sweden25
11,536 Qatar22
103,459 South Africa21
52,281 Austria15
16,471 Scotland14
39,375 Norway11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
54,497 Morocco9
46,388 Japan9
12,579 Haiti9
53,030 Hungary8
38,644 Finland7
150,293 Malaysia7
43,211 Denmark7
11,702 China6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Barbara Diez worked as farmer and hailed from Bavaria. 54 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Helvetia and arrived on July 1, 1852. Michel Diez (22) Farmer, Farmer Barbara Diez, Carl Diez, aged 16, 19 years old Bernhard Diez, Georg-Jacob Diez, aged 17, Tailor Anna Diez, 22 years old Barbara Diez, George Diez (3), and 121 other Diez around 53.62% of whom were farmer while others worked as tailor and joiner, laborer, merchant, baker migrated to US.

Díez Namesakes

  • Friedrich Christian Diez, German philologist
  • Hormando Vaca Diez, He was President of the Chamber of Deputies
  • Ricardo Gómez Diez, Argentine politician

Díez Namesakes

  • Friedrich Christian Diez, German philologist
  • Hormando Vaca Diez, He was President of the Chamber of Deputies
  • Ricardo Gómez Diez, Argentine politician

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