The Chalabi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 182 people carried this name — #99,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 61% from 113 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 152 people named Chalabi.
Most of them — 79 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Chalabi live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 the Nordic population registers
59 people named Chalabi 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 Chalabi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ahmed Chalabi 1944–2015 · businessperson -
Abd al-Qadir ibn Tawfiq al-Shalabi 1883–1950 · writer
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Abd al-Qadir ibn Tawfiq al-Shalabi 1883–1950 · writer
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Abd al-Qadir ibn Tawfiq al-Shalabi 1883–1950 · writer
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Abd al-Qadir ibn Tawfiq al-Shalabi 1883–1950 · writer
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Rushdi al-Chalabi 1917–1998 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chalabi.
- Chagnon 1,943 · U.S. census
- Chaille 195 · U.S. census
- Chain 1,380 · U.S. census
- Chair 139 · U.S. census
- Chaix 124 · U.S. census
- Chala 187 · U.S. census
- Chalas 401 · U.S. census
- Chale 187 · U.S. census
- Chalet 143 · U.S. census
- Chalifour 289 · U.S. census
- Challe 139 · U.S. census
- Chalus 113 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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