The Elbaz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 483 people carried this name — #44,500 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 39% from 347 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Elbaz surname
From Arabic البَاز (al-bāz, “falcon, bird of prey”), in some cases via Hebrew אלבז (the surname is common among Jews from the Maghreb).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Elbaz» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 454 people named Elbaz.
Most of them — 335 — 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
40 people named Elbaz live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 Elbaz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nathan Elbaz 1932–1954 · military personnel -
Yehudah Albaz 1770–1847 · Dayan
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Refa'el Mosheh Elbaz 1823–1896 · writer
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Gabriel Elbaz 1895–2000
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Alexandre Elbaz 1915– · magistrate
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André Elbaz 1934– · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Elbaz.
- Eisele 3,220 · U.S. census
- Eisenbarth 783 · U.S. census
- Eisenberg 6,798 · U.S. census
- Eisenmann 1,025 · U.S. census
- Eitel 1,509 · U.S. census
- Elan 277 · U.S. census
- Elbert 3,339 · U.S. census
- Eldin 123 · U.S. census
- Elena 553 · U.S. census
- Elgart 380 · U.S. census
- Elia 3,460 · U.S. census
- Elias 24,696 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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