The Tabet surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 487 people carried this name — #44,193 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 13% from 432 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 334 people named Tabet.
Most of them — 220 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Tabet live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Tabet live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Tabet in American newspapers,
1869–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,120 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tabet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ayoub Tabet 1874–1947 · physician -
Cheikha Tetma 1891–1962 · singer -
Georges Tabet 1905–1984 · screenwriter -
Miguel Ángel Tábet 1941–2020 · Catholic priest -
Sirpa Tabet 1943–2026 · writer -
André Tabet 1902–1981 · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 29 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tabet.
- Ta 8,017 · U.S. census
- Taba 226 · U.S. census
- Tabacchi 244 · U.S. census
- Tabar 630 · U.S. census
- Tabel 146 · U.S. census
- Tabellion 110 · U.S. census
- Tabone 853 · U.S. census
- Tabor 15,445 · U.S. census
- Tacchi 116 · U.S. census
- Tacconi 131 · U.S. census
- Tache 326 · U.S. census
- Tacher 139 · U.S. census
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