The Eid surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,644 people carried this name — #16,168 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
103 people named Eid live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Eid.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Eid in American newspapers,
1858–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 133,245 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Eid,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ludwig Eid 1865–1936 · historian -
Ali Eid 1940–2015 · politician -
Uschi Eid 1949– · politician -
Fatma Eid 1962– · singer -
Jean-Paul Eid 1964– · illustrator
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 51 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Eid.
- Eichenlaub 1,099 · U.S. census
- Eicher 4,868 · U.S. census
- Eichert 422 · U.S. census
- Eichinger 928 · U.S. census
- Eichler 3,100 · U.S. census
- Eichwald 125 · U.S. census
- Eifler 448 · U.S. census
- Einhorn 1,807 · U.S. census
- Eischen 867 · U.S. census
- Eisele 3,265 · U.S. census
- Eisenbarth 731 · U.S. census
- Eisenberg 6,728 · U.S. census
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