The Azoulay surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 376 people carried this name — #54,752 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 37% from 274 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 929 people named Azoulay.
Most of them — 694 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Paris.
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
65 people named Azoulay live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Who carried it
People named Azoulay,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abraham Azulai d. 1741 · rabbi -
Chaim Joseph David Azulai 1724–1806 · writer -
Jitel Leonini Azulai d. 1799
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Abraham Azulai 1570–1643 · writer
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Léon Azoulay 1862–1926 · physician
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Hanania-Habib Azoulay 1876–1953 · rabbi
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Azoulay.
When the index is not enough
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