The Zaid surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 552 people carried this name — #39,773 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 46% from 378 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 121 people named Zaid.
Most of them — 74 — 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
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 107 people named Zaid 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
77 people named Zaid live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
109 people named Zaid 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 Zaid,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexander Zaïd 1886–1938 · political activist -
Alexander Zaïd 1886–1938 · political activist
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Alexander Zaïd 1886–1938 · political activist
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Zipporah Zaid 1892–1968 · farmer -
Yohanan Zaid 1920–1999 · Aliyah Bet activist -
Yitzhak Zaid 1928–2013 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zaid.
When the index is not enough
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