The Abdul surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,978 people carried this name — #14,950 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 30% from 1,525 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
388 people named Abdul live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 112 people named Abdul 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 Antwerp.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 89 people named Abdul live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Abdul.
Most of them — 56 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abdul.
- Abdelkader 412 · U.S. census
- Abdellatif 531 · U.S. census
- Abdelmalek 405 · U.S. census
- Abdi 7,484 · U.S. census
- Abdon 634 · U.S. census
- Abdou 859 · U.S. census
- Abecassis 167 · U.S. census
- Abed 1,580 · U.S. census
- Abegg 311 · U.S. census
- Abel 18,464 · U.S. census
- Abela 534 · U.S. census
- Abelard 206 · U.S. census
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