The Aoun surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 417 people carried this name — #47,735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 112 people named Aoun.
Most of them — 74 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Aoun 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 Flemish Brabant.
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
23 people named Aoun live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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.
In print
Aoun in American newspapers,
1863–1946.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,255 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aoun,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michel Aoun 1933– · head of state -
Joseph Elias Aoun 1953– · university president -
Joseph Aoun 1964– · politician -
Youssef Aoun 1965– · painter -
Abd-el-Kader Aoun 1971– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 30 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aoun.
- Antonucci 3,291 · U.S. census
- Antony 1,114 · U.S. census
- Antunes 1,322 · U.S. census
- Antz 102 · U.S. census
- Anzalone 3,478 · U.S. census
- Anziani 195 · U.S. census
- Aparicio 8,587 · U.S. census
- Apel 1,854 · U.S. census
- Apffel 107 · U.S. census
- Apicella 933 · U.S. census
- Appel 7,934 · U.S. census
- Appenzeller 576 · U.S. census
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