The Dewaele surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 353 people carried this name — #57,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 331 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,695 people named Dewaele 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 West Flanders.
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 1,014 people named Dewaele.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Dewaele,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maurice André Dewaele 1842–1886 · military personnel
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Henri Dewaele 1872–1942 · politician
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Roland Dewaele 1928–
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Jacques Dewaele 1943– · politician
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Zaki 1945– · actor
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Bruno Dewaele 1953– · author
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dewaele.
- Devos 2,200 · U.S. census
- Devost 279 · U.S. census
- Devoti 195 · U.S. census
- Devriendt 252 · U.S. census
- Devries 13,600 · U.S. census
- Devrieze 121 · U.S. census
- Deweerdt 246 · U.S. census
- Dewet 144 · U.S. census
- Dewilde 763 · U.S. census
- Dewinter 507 · U.S. census
- Dewit 919 · U.S. census
- Dewitte 1,067 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dewaele is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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