About the Dietze Surname

Anyone researching Dietze should also look under Dietz. Name scholars give the meaning as “Ruler of the people”.

• You may also find the name written Dietzel, Ditz and Diz.
• Dietze ranked 35,764 in the 2010 US Census, with 628 people answering to the name. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.
• Dietze adds “e” to Dietz, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Dietze coat of arms

Arms linked to Dietz and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Dietze report, with a museum-style coat of arms.