The Arab surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 362 people carried this name — #53,556 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 457 people named Arab.
Most of them — 287 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Essonne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 243 people named Arab 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.
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
174 people named Arab live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arab.
- April 1,329 · U.S. census
- Aprile 614 · U.S. census
- Apruzzese 216 · U.S. census
- Aquilina 835 · U.S. census
- Aquino 18,472 · U.S. census
- Ara 530 · U.S. census
- Arabi 167 · U.S. census
- Arabian 446 · U.S. census
- Arago 133 · U.S. census
- Aragon 20,723 · U.S. census
- Aragones 405 · U.S. census
- Arakelian 1,142 · U.S. census
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