The Dees surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,887 people carried this name — #3,299 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,708 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 34 people named Dees.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Gironde.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Gironde 9
Aveyron 5
Loire 5
Indre-et-Loire 2
Bas-Rhin 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Paris 1
Puy-de-Dôme 1

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

39 families named Dees, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 215 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Dees, Deas, Dee, Deess, Deis. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

South Carolina 15
North Carolina 11
Connecticut 4
Pennsylvania 3
New York 2
Vermont 1
Massachusetts 1
Rhode Island 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 236 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Dees in American newspapers,
1904–1914.

Newspaper page from The Imperial Press carrying the name Dees
The Imperial Press 1904-09-03
Newspaper page from Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People carrying the name Dees
Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People 1914-11-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Dees in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,572 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dees. The most, 282, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 428
Victoria 403
Queensland 293
South Australia 232
Western Australia 145
Tasmania 66
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dees.

Who carried it

People named Dees,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Baptiste Dees 1801– · goldsmith
  • Otto Dees 1858–1942 · physician
  • John Arthur Dees 1876–1959 · painter
  • Maud Dees 1878–1969
  • Karl Dees 1883–1967 · politician
  • Herbert Bewick Dees 1892–1965 · visual artist

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

In the public record

People named Dees,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States583 records

583 records of the Dees name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 360
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 121
  • Other U.S. records 102
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Dees

    Born 1917 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Richard Dees

    Born 1950; from Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; died in an accident 1969 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Marie Dees

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1882 aboard the Switzerland from Antwerp, aged 3; farmer. From the Netherlands.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 583 records for Dees in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands3,227 records

3,227 records of the Dees name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1,903
  • Dutch population registers 1,147
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 177
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Levinus Dees

    Married in 1842 in Zaamslag; farmhand. Died 1870 in Zaamslag, aged 61; workman.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Abraham Dees

    Married in 1888 in Axel; farmer. Died 1937 in Sprang-Capelle.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Petronella Dees

    Married in 1911 in Vinkeveen en Waverveen. Died 1961 in Woerden, aged 76.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 3,227 records for Dees in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany45 records

45 records of the Dees name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 41
  • German emigration and citizenship files 2
  • German applications to settle and marry 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Dees

    From Lettenstich, Welzheim. Reported wounded in the Württemberg casualty list of 11 September 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 475).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Felix Dees

    Left Ettenheim for New York, New York in 1868.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Michael Dees

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Untereßfeld in 1862.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 45 records for Dees in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia26 records

26 records of the Dees name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 21
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Dixon Dees

    Arrived in Victoria in 1888 aboard the Shannon, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frank W. Dees

    Arrived in Victoria in 1900 aboard the Ortona, aged 35.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Gertrude Dees

    Held a land order in Queensland in 1865.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Dees in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France11 records

11 records of the Dees name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Leon Dees

    Born 1915 in Paris; died 1973 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Guillaumette Dees

    Born 1902 in Sarre-Union (Bas-Rhin); died 1986 in Sarreguemines (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Dirk Dees

    Born 1937 in the Netherlands; died 1999 in Tours (Indre-et-Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Dees in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Norway4 records

4 records of the Dees name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Adolf Dees

    Census of 1910: Rogstadbakken*, Kongsberg; "sølvverksarbeider", born 1869 in Kongsberg.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Ingeborg Dees

    Census of 1910: Rogstadbakken*, Kongsberg; born 1895 in Sandsver.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Thrine Dees

    Census of 1910: Rogstadbakken*, Kongsberg; born 1856 in Sandsver.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Dees in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Dees name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. F. Dees

    Northumberland Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Dees name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Helena Dees

    Married in 1902 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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