The Arabi surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 167 people carried this name — #100,194 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 151 people named Arabi.
Most of them — 99 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Essonne.
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 109 people named Arabi 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.
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 Arabi live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Arabi.
- 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
- Arab 362 · 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
- Arambel 107 · U.S. census
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