The Zeitoun surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 193 people carried this name — #94,730 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 28% from 151 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 411 people named Zeitoun.
Most of them — 360 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Zeitoun live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 the Nordic population registers
50 people named Zeitoun 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 Zeitoun,
with a public archive behind them.
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Israël Zeitoun 1840–1921 · rabbi -
Israël Zeitoun 1840–1921 · rabbi
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Israël Zeitoun 1840–1921 · rabbi
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Ariel Zeitoun 1949– · screenwriter
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Frédéric Zeitoun 1961– · singer
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Didier Zeitoun 1964– · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zeitoun.
- Zehner 2,350 · U.S. census
- Zehr 3,015 · U.S. census
- Zehren 387 · U.S. census
- Zeidler 819 · U.S. census
- Zeiger 1,670 · U.S. census
- Zeimet 543 · U.S. census
- Zelazny 586 · U.S. census
- Zelek 462 · U.S. census
- Zell 3,049 · U.S. census
- Zeller 10,595 · U.S. census
- Zellner 3,417 · U.S. census
- Zeman 3,843 · U.S. census
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