The Aziz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,740 people carried this name — #5,187 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,900 people counted. That is up 42% from 4,735 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
337 people named Aziz live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 337 people named Aziz 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.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 204 people named Aziz.
Most of them — 143 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Poland’s population register
55 people named Aziz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 217 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Aziz 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
2,368 people named Aziz are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Aziz in American newspapers,
1876–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,785 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aziz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mehmet Aziz 1893–1991 · physician -
Kamran Aziz 1922–2017 · composer -
Sartaj Aziz 1929–2024 · politician -
Tariq Aziz 1936–2015 · politician -
Tariq Aziz 1936–2020 · presenter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 106 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aziz.
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