The Dede surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 625 people carried this name — #35,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 30% from 482 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
93 people named Dede live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Dede.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often French Guiana.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 53 people named Dede 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 East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Dede 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dede in American newspapers,
1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,767 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dede,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bahri Dede 1500–1566 · author
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Esrar Dede 1749– · writer
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Abdulbaki Nasir Dede 1765–1820 · composer
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Sossa Dede 1850– · wood carver
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Mehmet Dede 1874–1957
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Louis Dede 1884– · university teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dede.
- Decoster 1,084 · U.S. census
- Decot 174 · U.S. census
- Decou 480 · U.S. census
- Decoux 382 · U.S. census
- Decraene 232 · U.S. census
- Decroix 200 · U.S. census
- Dedecker 457 · U.S. census
- Deel 4,478 · U.S. census
- Defay 238 · U.S. census
- Defendini 103 · U.S. census
- Defer 297 · U.S. census
- Defever 238 · U.S. census
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