What nationality is the last name "Diamond" of?

Answer 1

Diamond is Irish. For a look at the origin and crest follow this link

http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Diamond

I hope this helps! Blessings

ADDED INFORMATION: I see from other posters that they are skeptical about the information and link I gave you regarding the surname Diamond. First of all Jewish is a religion, not a nationality. I didn't want to bog you down with too much information when I answered your question, but I do want you to know that I didn't pull my answer out of nowhere. Here are some more links that might help you in your search regarding the surname Diamond.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/diamond/
This is a message board for the surname Diamond. These are posted by other Diamond researchers and has 937 messages. I did a quick search and only 1 posting even has the word Jewish in it!

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?surname=Diamond&given=

This is the link to the online trees at Rootsweb for Diamond. There are 17385 Diamond entries. Simply scroll down and add some information in the boxes at the bottom to narrow your search. You may or may not find your ancestors.

http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.diamond/mb.ashx

This is the message board at Rootsweb (another reputable Ancestry board) There are 281 messages on this board and again, only 1 of them even contains the word Jewish.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Here is the website for the Latter Day Saints website. You might want to do a search there as well.

I also checked the immigration records at Ancestry and many of the immigrants in the immigration records came not only from Ireland, but from Greece and Brittain. Diamond is a pretty popular surname. There were over 10,000 Diamonds in the 1930 census alone. The England and Wales Free BMD Birth Index which covers 1837-1983 had 2339 hits.
I hope this helps. If you have questions about any of it, please feel free to send me an E-mail. I'd be happy to do a specific lookup if you need it. Take care

Answer 2

Neil Diamond Nationality

Answer 3

Hey ScarecrowedSally,

Swyrich.com says:

Origin: Irish

Spelling variations of this family name include: Diamond, Dymond, Dyment, Diment, Dymott, Dimont and many more.

First found in county Derry where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Diamond settled in Maine in 1620; Robert Dymond brought his family to the Barbados in 1634; and Thomas Dyment settled in Virginia in 1635. The family also settled in Newfoundland between 1773 and 1871"

However, if you go to LDS Family search, you will see over 318 Diamond surnames from all over the world, including Russia. This does not tell how the name migrated, or originated.

Answer 4

Dutch is right. Most people with the last name "Diamond" are Jewish. Think Neil Diamond, Dr. Merle Diamond, etc. It may also be Irish, but don't imagine that just cuz some website is saying it's Irish that there aren't other nationalities it could be, too. That's the problem with those surname sites...they're grossly incomplete and don't have a clue how far they mislead people.

Answer 5

Garcia is originally a Spanish (as in from Spain) last name colonialism and immigration brought it (an many other last names) to the American continent. As far as "nationality" is concerned you will find Garcias in every country in the Americas, there are even native born Garcias in the US.

Answer 6

Everybody I ever met named Diamond was Jewish, it could be also English/Irish. It don't know what nationality it would be Jews emigrated from all over Europe mostly Germany, Poland, Russia, and other eastern European countries. I've heard the Jewish surname Diamondstein which would be German in origin.
It might have the same roots of common Jewish surnames Silver(stein), Gold(stein). They where occupational surnames, jewelers or dealers in gold,silver, or diamonds.

Answer 7

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What nationality is the last name "Diamond" of?

Answer 8

Lots of Diamonds where I live. Every one of them is Jewish, Jewish, Jewish.

Answer 9

You mean DUSTIN Diamond, formerly known as SREECH?