The Dewilde surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 763 people carried this name — #30,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 747 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,468 people named Dewilde 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 478 people named Dewilde.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 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 Dewilde,
with a public archive behind them.
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Felix Amandus Dewilde d. 1838 · politician
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Felix Dewilde 1828–1889 · Catholic priest
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Félicie Livine Marie Dewilde 1832–1890 · landlord
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Henricus Josephus Dewilde 1853–1900 · Catholic priest
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Marius Dewilde 1921–1996
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Bert Dewilde 1925–2020 · civil servant
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dewilde.
- Devriendt 252 · U.S. census
- Devries 13,600 · U.S. census
- Devrieze 121 · U.S. census
- Dewaele 353 · U.S. census
- Deweerdt 246 · U.S. census
- Dewet 144 · U.S. census
- Dewinter 507 · U.S. census
- Dewit 919 · U.S. census
- Dewitte 1,067 · U.S. census
- Dewolf 2,179 · U.S. census
- Dewulf 369 · U.S. census
- Dewyse 156 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dewilde is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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