The Viste surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 268 people carried this name — #72,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 6% from 254 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 312 people named Viste.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Hérault.
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 51 people named Viste 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.
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 the Nordic population registers
390 people named Viste is counted in Norway.
Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Viste,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arne Viste 1967– · businessperson
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Odd Arild Viste 1974– · politician
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Viste.
- Viscardi 440 · U.S. census
- Visconti 2,540 · U.S. census
- Vise 1,075 · U.S. census
- Visentin 172 · U.S. census
- Visintin 122 · U.S. census
- Visser 5,231 · U.S. census
- Vit 167 · U.S. census
- Vita 1,842 · U.S. census
- Vital 5,004 · U.S. census
- Vitale 13,220 · U.S. census
- Vitali 905 · U.S. census
- Vitalis 343 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Viste 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.