The Ohayon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 508 people carried this name — #42,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 54% from 330 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ohayon surname
Sephardic surname, likely derived from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ohayon» (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 397 people named Ohayon.
Most of them — 357 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Rhône.
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
46 people named Ohayon live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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 Ohayon,
with a public archive behind them.
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David Ohayon 1921–1942
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Henry Ohayon 1934–2023 · sport cyclist
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Henry Ohayon 1934–2023 · sport cyclist
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Roger Ohayon 1942– · researcher
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Shimon Ohayon 1945– · politician
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Annick Ohayon 1946–2025 · historian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ohayon.
- Oger 102 · U.S. census
- Ogier 404 · U.S. census
- Ohana 394 · U.S. census
- Ohanessian 154 · U.S. census
- Ohanian 1,210 · U.S. census
- Ohannessian 254 · U.S. census
- Ohl 2,016 · U.S. census
- Ohlmann 333 · U.S. census
- Ohmer 755 · U.S. census
- Ojeda 22,045 · U.S. census
- Okonski 626 · U.S. census
- Olazabal 539 · U.S. census
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