The Ayoub surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,041 people carried this name — #10,545 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 28% from 2,376 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 145 people named Ayoub 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.
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
135 people named Ayoub live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 120 people named Ayoub.
Most of them — 82 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 49 people named Ayoub 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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
588 people named Ayoub 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
Ayoub in American newspapers,
1880–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,466 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ayoub,
with a public archive behind them.
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Moussa Ayoub 1873–1955 · painter
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Moussa Ayoub 1873–1955 · painter
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Moussa Ayoub 1873–1955 · painter
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François Ayoub 1899–1966 · Catholic priest
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Ahmed Ayoub 1914–2002 · actor
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Nick Ayoub 1926–1991 · jazz musician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ayoub.
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