# Dias (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dias/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,044 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,266 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,244 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (13,847 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dias in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 29% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dias in Brazil, Angola and the United States.

## People named Dias

- Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Carlos Alberto Dias, Brazilian association football player
- André Dias, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Filomeno Vieira Dias, Angolan prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1958)
- Daniel Dias, Brazilian swimmer
- Virna Dias, Brazilian volleyball player
- Marley Dias, American activist and writer
- Luís Henrique Dias, Brazilian footballer
- Dias Toffoli, Brazilian judge, minister of the Supreme Federal Court
- Alvaro Dias, Brazilian politician, Former federal deputy and former governor of the state of Paraná, Br
- Tereza Cristina Corrêa da Costa Dias, Brazilian senator of the Republic   and former minister of Agriculture
- Djalma Dias, Brazilian footballer (1939-1990)

and 20 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Diaz, Das, Deas, Days, Dass, Daws, Daisy, Diggs, Dicks, Dash, Disch, Duke.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.