The Taleb surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 507 people carried this name — #42,720 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 85% from 274 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 507 people named Taleb.
Most of them — 292 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 322 people named Taleb 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 268 people named Taleb 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 Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
119 people named Taleb live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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
275 people named Taleb 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).
In print
Taleb in American newspapers,
1871–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Taleb,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abderrahmane Taleb 1930–1958 · artificer -
Claude Taleb 1958– · politician -
Nassim Nicholas Taleb 1960– · writer -
Nour Eddin Taleb 1975– · researcher -
Moby Dick 1978– · singer -
Mohammed Taleb 1894–1982 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 22 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Taleb.
- Taing 2,350 · U.S. census
- Takacs 3,135 · U.S. census
- Talarczyk 164 · U.S. census
- Talarico 2,691 · U.S. census
- Talavera 7,777 · U.S. census
- Talbot 15,562 · U.S. census
- Taliercio 470 · U.S. census
- Tall 1,920 · U.S. census
- Talle 141 · U.S. census
- Tallent 5,191 · U.S. census
- Talleur 125 · U.S. census
- Tallon 1,344 · U.S. census
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