The Dieu surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 584 people carried this name — #36,232 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,964 people named Dieu.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,009 people named Dieu 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 Hainaut.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
35 people named Dieu live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dieu.
- Dieterle 895 · U.S. census
- Dietlin 269 · U.S. census
- Dietrich 15,761 · U.S. census
- Dietsch 1,097 · U.S. census
- Diette 164 · U.S. census
- Dietz 18,568 · U.S. census
- Dieudonne 590 · U.S. census
- Diez 2,953 · U.S. census
- Dignan 997 · U.S. census
- Dile 440 · U.S. census
- Dilger 854 · U.S. census
- Diliberto 1,143 · U.S. census
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