The Sabbe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 156 people carried this name — #112,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 166 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,727 people named Sabbe 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 108 people named Sabbe.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Sabbe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julius Sabbe 1846–1910 · writer -
Maurits Sabbe 1873–1938 · writer -
Jules Sabbe 1870–1918 · military officer
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Rudolf Sabbe 1894–1934 · military personnel
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Hilda Sabbe 1900–1985 · actor
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Étienne Sabbe 1901–1969 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sabbe.
- Sabatini 2,274 · U.S. census
- Sabatino 3,382 · U.S. census
- Sabato 711 · U.S. census
- Sabbagh 1,483 · U.S. census
- Sabbah 276 · U.S. census
- Sabbatini 251 · 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
- Sabine 1,129 · U.S. census
- Sabini 139 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sabbe is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.