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

Tiedemann, 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 Tiedemann surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tiedemann in America

Tiedemann is the 16338th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tiedemann surname appeared 1,764 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Tiedemann.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tiedemann 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 Tiedemann

The surname TIEDEMANN is of German origin, originating in northern Germany during the medieval period. It is derived from the Old German words "tidi" meaning "time" and "man" meaning "man", essentially translating to "timely man". This suggests the name may have initially referred to someone who was punctual or efficient with their time.

The earliest recorded instances of the name appear in 13th century records from the regions of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg in northern Germany. Variations in spelling were common, with forms like Tydeman, Tiedman, and Tydman appearing in old manuscripts and documents.

In the 14th century, the name is mentioned in the Bremisches Urkundenbuch, a collection of historical records from the city of Bremen. A certain Tydeman von Bredenkamp is listed as a landowner and merchant in this text from 1362.

One of the earliest notable individuals with this surname was Johann Tiedemann, a German theologian and philosopher born in 1629 in Bremervörde. He studied at the Universities of Jena and Wittenberg and later became a professor of philosophy at the University of Duisburg.

Another historical figure was Dietrich Tiedemann, a German naturalist and zoologist born in 1748 in Kastre (now Castrop-Rauxel). He is known for his extensive work on the anatomy and taxonomy of various animal species, including his 1808 publication "Anatomie der Röhren-Holothurie".

In the 19th century, Friedrich Tiedemann (1781-1861) was a prominent German anatomist and physiologist. He made significant contributions to the study of the brain and nervous system, publishing influential works such as "Anatomie und Bildungsgeschichte des Gehirns im Foetus des Menschen" in 1816.

The name also appears in the historical records of the Netherlands, where a notable bearer was Christoffel Tiedemann (1617-1678), a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his portraits and genre scenes.

In more recent times, one of the most famous individuals with this surname was the German-American philosopher and psychologist Edward Bradford Titchener (originally Tiedemann, 1867-1927), a pioneer in the field of structuralism and considered the founder of experimental psychology in America.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tiedemann

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

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

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