Dieffenbach

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dieffenbach.

Proper noun

Dieffenbach (plural Dieffenbachs or Dieffenbaches)

1. A surname from German.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Dieffenbachia

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dieffenbach is the 31383^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 738 individuals. Dieffenbach is most common among White (96.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dieffenbach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 458.