The Aliu surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 361 people carried this name — #56,588 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 66% from 217 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,383 people named Aliu live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 162 people named Aliu live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Aliu.
Most of them — 28 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
362 people named Aliu are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Aliu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Myrteza Ali Struga 1878–1937 · politician -
Myrteza Ali Struga 1878–1937 · politician
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Ali Aliu 1924–2010 · politician -
Liburn Aliu 1975– · politician -
Peter Usman Aliu d. 2014 · lawyer
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Hasan Aliu 1814–1891
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aliu.
When the index is not enough
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