Vieux

loc · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Vieux is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from French Vieux; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance
  • DZAlgeria
  • MAMorocco

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
188 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from French Vieux; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.

Sources 1

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vieux counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Vieux is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France—148Vieux188
DZ Algeria——Vieux2
MA Morocco——Vieux3
US United States—519—124
CH Switzerland—105—19
ES Spain—72—10

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Vieux is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, France, Belgium

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Viéux

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Maurice Vieux, b. 1884Antonio Vieux, b. 1904Paul Vieux, b. 1911Marie Vieux-Chauvet, b. 1916Chantal Vieux, b. 1952Brigitte Vieux, b. 1956Cyril Vieux, b. 1983Mélissa Vieux, b. 2004

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Vieux
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010519#41,886
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020497#46,253
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000393#50,055
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951212—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921177—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961167—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971164—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941164—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991148—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981140—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931129—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Vieux mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from French Vieux; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Vieux have the most bearers?
Vieux is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled vieux.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vieux”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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