Nasser surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Nasser surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,131 people carried this name — #9,523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

229 people named Nasser live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 49
Bern 41
Geneva 34
Lucerne 20
Vaud 19
Aargau 15
Basel-Stadt 10
Valais 10

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 150 people named Nasser 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 66
Brussels-Capital 52
Hainaut 9
Liège 6
Limburg 6
Luxembourg Province 6
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Nasser.

Most of them — 78 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Dordogne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 78
Dordogne 3
Var 2
Bas-Rhin 2
Haute-Loire 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Haute-Garonne 1
Doubs 1
Corrèze 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Nasser in American newspapers,
1901–1963.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Nasser
The Portland Daily Press 1901-08-31
Newspaper page from The Seattle Star carrying the name Nasser
The Seattle Star 1924-07-29
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Nasser
Le Messager 1954-02-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,655 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Nasser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Huzaima bint Nasser
    Huzaima bint Nasser 1884–1935 · consort
  • Alfredo Nasser
    Alfredo Nasser 1907–1965 · politician
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser
    Gamal Abdel Nasser 1918–1970 · president
  • Kamal Nasser
    Kamal Nasser 1924–1973 · poet
  • Fadia Nasser-Abu Alhija
    Fadia Nasser-Abu Alhija 1955– · educator

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 44 lives in all are documented under this name.

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