Diamond Surname

8,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65,294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Diamond Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dymond.' In America this surname with its variants is strongly represented. The variation -men for the suffix -mond is common; compare Garment for Garmond, or Rayment for Raymond, or Osment for Osmond.

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Diamond Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,3301:10,8751,334
England4,3391:12,8411,895
Canada4,2901:8,5891,280
South Africa3,4891:15,5281,961
Nigeria2,7931:63,4244,680
Myanmar2,2311:23,280441
Australia2,1691:12,4461,818
Ghana1,5931:16,9622,149
Bangladesh1,2621:126,2735,065
Mali1,2261:13,841614
Venezuela9771:30,9151,871
Saudi Arabia9541:32,3444,580
Scotland8991:5,955962
Northern Ireland8761:2,106433
Egypt6711:137,01310,788
New Zealand5191:8,7251,510
Ireland4981:9,4561,276
India3911:1,961,80467,718
Wales2891:10,7081,198
Portugal1981:52,6172,944
Botswana1601:13,6682,650
Israel1471:58,2157,456
Japan1381:926,40819,372
France1071:620,77381,454
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1041:1,083253
Honduras1031:85,5971,580
Zimbabwe1031:149,88619,081
Indonesia1011:1,309,39890,991
Trinidad and Tobago961:14,2081,834
Tanzania951:557,28035,395
Thailand841:840,933134,389
Liberia811:54,4264,815
Brazil771:2,780,18682,572
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Chile461:382,96710,457
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Iran431:1,785,64066,464
China421:32,555,2751,726
Spain421:1,113,14439,565
Panama371:105,7373,952
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Philippines301:3,374,607147,509
Isle of Man291:2,959610
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Seychelles181:5,133784
Hong Kong141:523,9633,360
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Oman111:335,2704,992
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Belize91:39,4972,328
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Guam81:20,0153,029
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Vietnam81:11,580,7572,851
Cambodia61:2,581,1918,069
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Bahamas51:78,350887
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Cyprus41:221,2198,471
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
East Timor11:1,215,928507
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malta11:430,2723,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8071:5,489909
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9001:27,0843,696
Scotland4211:8,8911,180
Wales721:21,7841,255
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0931:23,9942,980

Diamond (20,833) may also be a first name.

Diamond Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dymond.' In America this surname with its variants is strongly represented. The variation -men for the suffix -mond is common; compare Garment for Garmond, or Rayment for Raymond, or Osment for Osmond. Diamond is an imitative corruption. For another derivation of Diment, Dimon, and Dimond, v. Diment.

Deaman de de Pisingge, Kent. 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Willelmus Dymond, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Dymond, 1379: ibid.

1614. William Awstnpp and Lucy Diamond: Marriage Lic. (London).

1758. Married — Edward Spice and Mary Diman: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin-Greek) a nickname or trade-name from the Diamond [Anglo-French diamant, Old French adamant, Latin adamas, adamantis, Greek άδάμας] (English) an imit. form of the common Anglo-Saxon pers. name Dægmund = Day- rotection [Old English dæg, day, brightness + mund, protection]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Diamáin IF 313*; Map Derry

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Ó Diamáin IF 313*; Map Derry

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) Descendant of Daymond (day, protection); dealer of diamonds.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

In the parish register of Brenchley, co. Kent, there is an entry to the effect that, in 1612-' John Diamond, son of John du Mont the Frenchman, was baptized.' The elder Du Mont was a Kentish iron-master, who had settled in that county from France. Inf. H.W. Diamond, M.D., F.S.A.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

In the parish register of Brenchley, co. Kent, there is an entry to the effect that in 1612 "John Diamond, son of John du Mont the Frenchman, was baptised." The elder Du Mont was a Kentish ironmaster, who had settled in that county from France. Inf. H. W. Diamond, M. D., F.S.A. —Lower.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Armorially identified with Dinham or Dinaunt.

The Norman People (1874)

User-submitted Reference

A Jewish surname. It comes from the German word "diamant" meaning diamond. It is an occupational surname for a jeweller.

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Diamond Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Diamond Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Diamond (Arabic: دايمند, Hindi: डायमण्ड, Marathi: डायमंड) is most common in The United States. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Diamond? popularity and diffusion

The last name Diamond is the 8,707th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 111,611 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Diamond are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 36,684th most common first name throughout the world, held by 20,833 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 33,330 people, or 1 in 10,875. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 8 percent are found, Texas, where 5 percent are found and Maryland, where 4 percent are found. Apart from The United States Diamond occurs in 145 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Diamond Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Diamond has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Diamond surname increased 1,592 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 482 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 214 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 38 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 401 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Diamond Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Diamond last name is chiefly Catholic (77%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those bearing the Diamond last name are 36.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.49% registered with the party.

The amount Diamond earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 21.19% more than the national average, earning R 288,000 per year; in United States they earn 11.46% more than the national average, earning $48,095 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10% more than the national average, earning $54,649 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diamonds93191/
Diamondz9329/
Diamound934/
Diamondt932/
Diasmond931/
Diamon92898/
Diamond's881/
Diamont86474/
Diamand86263/
Dyamond8698/
Diasmon8682/
Deamond8664/
Diamoun8644/
Diomond8611/
Diamone865/
Diamomd864/
Djamond862/
Diamund861/
Diamondová821/
Diamonte80118/
Diamontt8010/
Dyamonds804/
Diamoutn804/
Dyamgond801/
Diamogne801/
Diamomds801/
Diaman77673/
Djamon77512/
Deamon77207/
Diomon77135/
Dyamon774/
Diamongue751/
Dehammond750/
Diamant712,644/
Djamone711,589/
Diamane71414/
Djamand7161/
Diomand7158/
Djamoin7130/
Diamang7118/
Diasman7116/
Deamont7114/
Diahman719/
Djamoun715/
Dhiaman715/
Diatman714/
Diamandova712/
Djeamon712/
Deomond712/
Dyamone712/
Dijaman711/
Djomond711/
Dyamont711/
Diamann711/
Diamank711/
Diomoin711/
Diamante6719,096/
Djahmoun67193/
Djamoune67118/
Djaumand6723/
Diamagne678/
Dagiaman675/
Deaumont675/
Deamontt673/
Diomandd672/
Diamants672/
Diamankh672/
Diamantz671/
Djamoung671/
Dijamant671/
Dieamant671/
Diamanne671/
Diamanth671/
Dyamgund671/
Deommond671/
Djamoine671/

Diamond Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Diamond in the Marathi language
डायमंडdayamanda-
Diamond in the Hindi language
डायमण्डdayamanda62.5
डाईमण्डda'imanda12.5
डायमन्डdayamanda12.5
डायमंडdayamanda12.5
Diamond in the Arabic language
دايمندdaymnd-
دياموندdyamwnd-

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Diamond Reference & Research

Tribe of Yissochur DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Diamond FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Dimond-Newfoundland FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Dymond- Hudson River FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Diamond FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Dimond-Newfoundland FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Dymond- Hudson River FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Tribe of Yissochur FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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