Find out how popular the last name Diec is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Diec.

Diec, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Diec surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Diec in America

Diec is the 73464th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Diec surname appeared 264 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Diec.

We can also compare 2010 data for Diec to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Diec

The surname DIEC is a rare name that originated in the Auvergne region of central France during the late medieval period. It likely derived from the Old French word "diec," meaning a dike or earthen embankment, suggesting the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near or worked on a dike. Alternatively, it could stem from a place name containing the element "diec."

One of the earliest known records of the DIEC name appears in a 14th-century document from the town of Clermont-Ferrand, where a certain Jean DIEC is mentioned as a landowner. Another early reference comes from a 1487 tax record in the village of Riom, listing a Jacques DIEC among the local residents.

In the 16th century, the DIEC name can be found in church records from the nearby town of Issoire, where a Marie DIEC was born in 1532. Around the same time, a Pierre DIEC (1511-1586) served as a magistrate in the city of Montferrand, now part of Clermont-Ferrand.

During the 17th century, the DIEC family seems to have spread to other parts of France, with records showing a Jean DIEC (1623-1698) working as a merchant in Bordeaux, while a Claude DIEC (1651-1712) was a priest in the town of Beaune in Burgundy.

One notable figure with the DIEC surname was Jacques-François DIEC (1764-1842), a French Revolutionary soldier who fought in several major battles and later became a successful entrepreneur in Paris. Another was the 19th-century painter Émile DIEC (1828-1891), whose landscapes and rural scenes were exhibited at the Paris Salon.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Diec

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Diec.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Diec was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Diec has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Diec was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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