The Abreu surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 13,012 people carried this name — #2,553 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,700 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
597 people named Abreu live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Abreu.
Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Aisne.
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 print
Abreu in American newspapers,
1901–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,088 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Abreu,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Ignacio Abreu y Lima 1794–1869 · writer -
Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu 1798–1883 · judge -
Bernardino Freire de Figueiredo Abreu e Castro 1809–1871 · explorer -
Casimiro de Abreu 1839–1860 · poet -
Marta Abreu 1845–1909 · patron of the arts
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 230 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Abreu.
- Abon 109 · U.S. census
- Abraham 25,729 · U.S. census
- Abrahamian 578 · U.S. census
- Abram 5,136 · U.S. census
- Abramowicz 320 · U.S. census
- Abrantes 546 · U.S. census
- Abril 1,898 · U.S. census
- Abry 112 · U.S. census
- Absalon 171 · U.S. census
- Abt 1,305 · U.S. census
- Acar 180 · U.S. census
- Accardi 1,546 · U.S. census
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