The Abed surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,071 people carried this name — #22,427 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 344 people named Abed.
Most of them — 208 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 134 people named Abed 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
123 people named Abed live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abed.
- Abdelmalek 309 · U.S. census
- Abdi 2,091 · U.S. census
- Abdon 635 · U.S. census
- Abdou 502 · U.S. census
- Abdul 1,525 · U.S. census
- Abecassis 136 · U.S. census
- Abegg 291 · U.S. census
- Abel 18,243 · U.S. census
- Abela 478 · U.S. census
- Abelard 164 · U.S. census
- Abele 1,547 · U.S. census
- Abella 1,785 · U.S. census
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