The Mourad surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 985 people carried this name — #25,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 26% from 780 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
110 people named Mourad 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Mourad.
Most of them — 49 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 39 people named Mourad 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 Antwerp.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Mourad live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
765 people named Mourad 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 Mourad,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kenizé Mourad 1939– · writer
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François-Marie Mourad 1960– · teacher of literature
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Raymond Mourad 1964– · taekwondo athlete
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Jacques Mourad 1968– · Catholic priest
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Bernard Mourad 1974–2025 · writer
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Ahmed Mourad 1978– · screenwriter
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mourad.
- Moule 267 · U.S. census
- Moules 141 · U.S. census
- Moulin 577 · U.S. census
- Moulis 226 · U.S. census
- Mounier 204 · U.S. census
- Moura 2,157 · U.S. census
- Mouradian 720 · U.S. census
- Moure 427 · U.S. census
- Moureau 181 · U.S. census
- Mourer 485 · U.S. census
- Mouret 140 · U.S. census
- Mourey 374 · U.S. census
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