The Abdou surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 502 people carried this name — #40,987 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 689 people named Abdou.
Most of them — 351 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Mayotte.
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 104 people named Abdou 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
87 people named Abdou live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Abdou in American newspapers,
1883–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 423 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Abdou,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fifi Abdou 1953– · actor -
Angie Abdou 1969– · writer -
Moustadroine Abdou 1969– · politician -
Amir Abdou 1972– · association football coach -
Mayada Abdou 1983–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 29 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abdou.
- Abdelhadi 269 · U.S. census
- Abdelkader 299 · U.S. census
- Abdellatif 350 · U.S. census
- Abdelmalek 309 · U.S. census
- Abdi 2,091 · U.S. census
- Abdon 635 · U.S. census
- Abdul 1,525 · U.S. census
- Abecassis 136 · U.S. census
- Abed 1,071 · U.S. census
- Abegg 291 · U.S. census
- Abel 18,243 · U.S. census
- Abela 478 · U.S. census
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