The Daou surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 170 people carried this name — #98,770 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Daou.
Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Daou live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Daou 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 Liège.
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 print
Daou in American newspapers,
1841–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 649 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Daou.
- Danton 394 · U.S. census
- Dantzer 181 · U.S. census
- Danvers 260 · U.S. census
- Dany 118 · U.S. census
- Danze 131 · U.S. census
- Dao 8,163 · U.S. census
- Daoud 1,279 · U.S. census
- Daoust 1,195 · U.S. census
- Dapp 318 · U.S. census
- Dapremont 117 · U.S. census
- Daquin 294 · U.S. census
- Daras 180 · U.S. census
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