The Alaoui surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 258 people carried this name — #74,826 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 77% from 146 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 257 people named Alaoui 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
114 people named Alaoui live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Alaoui.
Most of them — 81 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Val-de-Marne.
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 the Nordic population registers
25 people named Alaoui is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Alaoui in American newspapers,
1806–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 61 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Alaoui,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hassan al-Alawi 1934– · writer -
Souad El Alaoui Ben Hachem 1955– · author -
Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco 1962– · entrepreneur -
Lalla Joumala Alaoui 1962– · diplomat -
Amina Alaoui 1964– · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 32 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alaoui.
- Ala 743 · U.S. census
- Alagna 623 · U.S. census
- Alaimo 2,107 · U.S. census
- Alain 175 · U.S. census
- Alamo 3,448 · U.S. census
- Alan 1,423 · U.S. census
- Alarcon 18,805 · U.S. census
- Alario 377 · U.S. census
- Alba 13,347 · U.S. census
- Albaladejo 378 · U.S. census
- Alban 2,173 · U.S. census
- Albanese 6,407 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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