The Sabbah surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 276 people carried this name — #70,833 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 270 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 226 people named Sabbah.
Most of them — 194 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
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 33 people named Sabbah 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 the Nordic population registers
43 people named Sabbah 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 Sabbah,
with a public archive behind them.
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Blanche Sabbah 1995– · illustrator -
Michel Sabbah 1933– · Catholic priest
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Guy Sabbah 1935– · latinist
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Claude Sabbah 1954– · mathematician
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Laurent Sabbah 1962– · reporter
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Iman Sabbah 1977– · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sabbah.
- Sabater 923 · U.S. census
- Sabatier 286 · U.S. census
- Sabatini 2,274 · U.S. census
- Sabatino 3,382 · U.S. census
- Sabato 711 · U.S. census
- Sabbagh 1,483 · U.S. census
- Sabbatini 251 · U.S. census
- Sabbe 156 · U.S. census
- Sabel 1,232 · U.S. census
- Saber 995 · U.S. census
- Sabia 2,074 · U.S. census
- Sabin 5,496 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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