The Nys surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 281 people carried this name — #69,793 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 272 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,813 people named Nys 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 Antwerp.
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 589 people named Nys.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 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 Nys,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernest Nys 1851–1920 · judge -
Désiré Nys 1859–1927 · university teacher -
Franziska von Reitzenstein 1834–1896 · writer
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Jef Nys 1927–2009 · screenwriter
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Colette Nys-Mazure 1939– · writer
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Theo Nys 1939–2021 · sport cyclist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nys.
- Nuss 3,765 · U.S. census
- Nussbaum 4,321 · U.S. census
- Nussbaumer 484 · U.S. census
- Nuti 275 · U.S. census
- Nuzzo 2,021 · U.S. census
- Nydegger 423 · U.S. census
- Obe 130 · U.S. census
- Ober 3,724 · U.S. census
- Oberdorf 587 · U.S. census
- Obergfell 282 · U.S. census
- Oberhauser 344 · U.S. census
- Oberle 2,371 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Nys is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.