The Tas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 192 people carried this name — #95,115 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 63% from 118 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 795 people named Tas 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 East 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
494 people named Tas live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Poland’s population register
229 people named Tas have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 436 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 104 people named Tas.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 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 the Nordic population registers
334 people named Tas are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Tas in American newspapers,
1883–1942.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 932,948 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tas,
with a public archive behind them.
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René Tas 1964– · military personnel -
Sandrine Tas 1995– · sport cyclist -
Adam Tas 1668–1722 · writer
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Eva Tas 1915–2007 · historian
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Louis Tas 1920–2011 · psychiatrist
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Josine Junger-Tas 1929–2011 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 13 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tas.
- Tarricone 277 · U.S. census
- Tarry 1,053 · U.S. census
- Tartaglia 2,214 · U.S. census
- Tartar 153 · U.S. census
- Tarte 431 · U.S. census
- Tary 130 · U.S. census
- Tasca 427 · U.S. census
- Tascon 243 · U.S. census
- Tassara 131 · U.S. census
- Tasse 196 · U.S. census
- Tasset 169 · U.S. census
- Tassi 411 · U.S. census
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