The Vieux surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 519 people carried this name — #41,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 32% from 393 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Vieux surname
Borrowed from French Vieux; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vieux» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 743 people named Vieux.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Isère.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
108 people named Vieux live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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.
Who carried it
People named Vieux,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierre Vieux 1651–1721 · parson
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Pierre Vieux 1651–1721 · parson
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Zéphirin Vieux 1871–1947 · farmer
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Maurice Vieux 1884–1951 · composer
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Antonio Vieux 1904–1961 · writer
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Paul Vieux 1911–1978
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vieux.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Vieux is.
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