Dieckmann Name Origin and Family Crest

Dieckmann began as a German family name. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “dweller at, or near, a dike or embankment”.

Surname origin

Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood. Related forms include Dieckman.

Surname statistics

In the 2010 US Census, 849 Americans gave Dieckmann as their last name (rank 28,176). That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Dieckmann family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

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