The Saoud surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 275 people carried this name — #71,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 60% from 172 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Saoud.
Most of them — 58 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 69 people named Saoud 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Saoud live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
44 people named Saoud 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 Saoud,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hind Saoud 1978– · politician
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Hassan Saoud 1982–
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Mohamed Abdulkarim Saoud 1987– · athletics competitor
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Amina Saoud 1993– · volleyball player
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Imane Saoud 2002– · association football player
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Imane Saoud 2002– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saoud.
- Santoro 8,713 · U.S. census
- Santos 137,232 · U.S. census
- Santucci 3,278 · U.S. census
- Santus 105 · U.S. census
- Santy 621 · U.S. census
- Sanz 1,847 · U.S. census
- Sap 119 · U.S. census
- Sapia 533 · U.S. census
- Sapin 174 · U.S. census
- Sapone 386 · U.S. census
- Saporito 1,452 · U.S. census
- Saporta 135 · U.S. census
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