Mahieu surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Mahieu surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 342 people carried this name — #59,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 313 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 4,035 people named Mahieu 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 map

Where they live today

Hainaut 1,575
West Flanders 1,325
East Flanders 251
Brussels-Capital 216
Walloon Brabant 171
Antwerp 168
Flemish Brabant 147
Namur 91

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 2,918 people named Mahieu.

93 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 93
Nord 938
Pas-de-Calais 513
Seine-Maritime 366
Manche 216
Paris 165
Calvados 84
Yvelines 65
Ardennes 59

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 102 people named Mahieu 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 Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 53
Buenos Aires Province 27
Córdoba 22

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

37 people named Mahieu live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 20
Valais 9
Basel-Stadt 4
Geneva 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Mahieu,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Albert Mahieu
    Albert Mahieu 1864–1943 · politician
  • Thomas Mahieu 1520–1590 · politician
  • Guillaume Mahieu de Meyserey 1711–1788 · physician
  • Ferdinand Mahieu 1776–1818
  • Maria Lucia Coleta Mahieu 1808– · nun
  • Alfred Mahieu 1820–1899 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Mahieu.

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