Azam surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Azam surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 930 people carried this name — #25,041 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 723 people named Azam.

33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Tarn.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 33
Tarn 187
Aveyron 149
Aude 114
Hérault 73
Haute-Garonne 33
Tarn-et-Garonne 27
Paris 23
Lot 13

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

65 people named Azam live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Vaud 23
Bern 16
Zurich 10
Basel-Landschaft 8
Aargau 4
Geneva 4

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 50 people named Azam 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

Brussels-Capital 30
Antwerp 9
Flemish Brabant 6
Liège 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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