The Attia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,232 people carried this name — #21,272 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is up 54% from 801 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 674 people named Attia.
Most of them — 436 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
89 people named Attia live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Attia live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
75 people named Attia 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).
Who carried it
People named Attia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jo Attia 1916–1972 · gangster -
Habib Attia d. 2017 · politician
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Nicole Attia 1943–1994
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Maurice Attia 1949– · crime fiction writer
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Lilia Attia 1949– · athletics competitor
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Lilia Attia 1949– · athletics competitor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Attia.
- Atik 158 · U.S. census
- Atkinson 53,376 · U.S. census
- Attal 265 · U.S. census
- Attanasio 1,150 · U.S. census
- Attar 850 · U.S. census
- Attard 881 · U.S. census
- Attias 355 · U.S. census
- Attie 192 · U.S. census
- Aubain 146 · U.S. census
- Aubart 170 · U.S. census
- Aube 1,391 · U.S. census
- Aubel 481 · U.S. census
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