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

Diestelkamp, 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 Diestelkamp surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Diestelkamp in America

Diestelkamp is the 140157th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Diestelkamp surname appeared 119 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 Diestelkamp.

We can also compare 2010 data for Diestelkamp 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 Diestelkamp

The surname "DIESTELKAMP" originates from Germany, with its earliest recorded instances appearing in the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the German words "distel" meaning "thistle" and "kamp" meaning "field" or "enclosure." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to a person who lived near or owned a field where thistles grew abundantly.

One of the earliest documented instances of the name can be found in the records of the Principality of Ansbach, a former state of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day Bavaria, Germany. In these records, a certain Johannes Diestelkamp is mentioned as a landowner in the village of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in the year 1562.

Another notable early reference to the name appears in the records of the city of Nuremberg, where a merchant named Hans Diestelkamp is recorded as having traded in textiles and spices in the late 16th century.

As the name spread across German-speaking regions, various spelling variations emerged, such as Distelkamp, Distelcamp, and Diestlkamp. These variations were often influenced by local dialects and the preference of individual scribes.

In the 17th century, the Diestelkamp family appeared to have established a presence in the region of Westphalia, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Christoph Diestelkamp (1623-1687), a notable figure from this period, was a Protestant clergyman and author who served as a pastor in the town of Soest.

Another prominent individual bearing the name was Johann Heinrich Diestelkamp (1751-1825), a German jurist and legal scholar from Lübeck. He made significant contributions to the development of German civil law and served as a judge in the city's courts.

In the 19th century, the name gained recognition through the work of Friedrich Diestelkamp (1814-1890), a German botanist and naturalist from Hanover. He conducted extensive research on the flora of northern Germany and authored several influential publications on the subject.

As German immigrants began to settle in various parts of the world, the Diestelkamp name spread to other countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia. However, it remains predominantly concentrated in Germany and its neighboring regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Diestelkamp

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

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 Diestelkamp 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 Diestelkamp 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 Diestelkamp was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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