The Dib surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 684 people carried this name — #33,379 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 34% from 512 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Dib surname
Borrowed from Arabic ذئب (ḏiʔb, “wolf”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dib» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,103 people named Dib 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 311 people named Dib.
Most of them — 179 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 118 people named Dib 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
110 people named Dib live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 the Nordic population registers
240 people named Dib is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Dib in American newspapers,
1841–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 73,141 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dib,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juana Dib 1924–2015 · writer -
Jihad Dib 1973– · politician -
Amale 1993– · school teacher -
Pietro Dib 1881–1965 · Catholic priest
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Wadih Deeb 1910–1995 · writer
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Ramadan Dib 1920–2025 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 24 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dib.
- Diano 350 · U.S. census
- Diarra 640 · U.S. census
- Dias 16,044 · U.S. census
- Diaw 263 · U.S. census
- Diawara 542 · U.S. census
- Diaz 347,636 · U.S. census
- Dibling 140 · U.S. census
- Dicharry 265 · U.S. census
- Dick 20,923 · U.S. census
- Dicker 1,225 · U.S. census
- Didelot 133 · U.S. census
- Didier 2,188 · U.S. census
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