The Dewitte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,067 people carried this name — #23,725 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 996 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,898 people named Dewitte 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 651 people named Dewitte.
23 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 Dewitte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sophie Dewitte 1801–1833
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Frans Dewitte 1883–1979 · priest
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Fay DeWitt 1934– · actor
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Jacques Dewitte 1946– · writer
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Richard Dewitte 1946– · singer
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Michel Dewitte 1947– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dewitte.
- Dewaele 353 · 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
- Dewolf 2,179 · U.S. census
- Dewulf 369 · U.S. census
- Dewyse 156 · U.S. census
- Dey 4,127 · U.S. census
- Deye 193 · U.S. census
- Deza 378 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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