The Abid surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 646 people carried this name — #33,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 401 people named Abid 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 385 people named Abid.
Most of them — 258 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
148 people named Abid live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Abid.
- Abellard 162 · U.S. census
- Abelli 101 · U.S. census
- Abello 537 · U.S. census
- Abergel 148 · U.S. census
- Abert 398 · U.S. census
- Abes 149 · U.S. census
- Abidi 283 · U.S. census
- Abitbol 173 · U.S. census
- Ablin 123 · U.S. census
- Abon 109 · U.S. census
- Abraham 25,729 · U.S. census
- Abrahamian 578 · U.S. census
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