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The Xuereb surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 245 people carried this name — #78,040 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 21% from 203 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Xuereb surname

From Maltese Xuereb, from Arabic شَوَارِب (šawārib, “moustache”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Xuereb» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 166 people named Xuereb.

Most of them — 118 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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

Born outside France 118
Seine-Saint-Denis 22
Essonne 9
Hérault 3
Paris 3
Gironde 2
Hautes-Pyrénées 2
Val-d’Oise 1
Val-de-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Xuereb,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ġużeppi Xuereb ix-Xudi
    Ġużeppi Xuereb ix-Xudi 1888–1963 · stevedore
  • Paul Xuereb 1923–1994 · writer
  • Jean-Claude Xuereb 1930–2025 · writer
  • Victor Xuereb 1930–2017 · writer
  • Paul Xuereb 1936– · writer
  • Raymond Xuereb 1952– · association football coach

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Xuereb 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.

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