The Naas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,032 people carried this name — #24,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,015 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 310 people named Naas.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
62 people named Naas live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 the Nordic population registers
575 people named Naas are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Naas,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Naas 1669–1741
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John Naas 1670–1741
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Josef Naas 1906–1993 · mathematician
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Tor Ærlig 1965– · singer
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Stefan Naas 1973– · politician
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Laurent Naas 1977– · librarian
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Naas.
When the index is not enough
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