Bex surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bex surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 396 people carried this name — #52,383 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 10% from 360 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 1,104 people named Bex 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 Limburg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Limburg 885
Flemish Brabant 112
Antwerp 52
Liège 29
East Flanders 10
Brussels-Capital 6
West Flanders 5
Hainaut 5

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 381 people named Bex.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Aveyron.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Aveyron 117
Lot 67
Cantal 62
Gard 40
Paris 27
Oise 10
Hérault 9
Haute-Marne 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Bex live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 16
Fribourg 7
Neuchâtel 7
Geneva 4
Valais 4
Zurich 3

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 23 people named Bex live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Bex,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Anna Margaretha Bex 1659–1725
  • Maurice Bex 1850–1950
  • Adolf Bex 1907–2001 · politician
  • Florent Bex 1937– · writer
  • Brian Louis Bex 1943– · writer
  • Jos Bex 1946– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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