Find out how popular the last name Aboujaoude is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Aboujaoude.

Aboujaoude, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Aboujaoude surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aboujaoude in America

Aboujaoude is the 98099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aboujaoude surname appeared 185 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Aboujaoude.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aboujaoude to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Aboujaoude

The surname ABOUJAOUDE originates from Arabic-speaking regions, primarily Lebanon. It is a combination of the Arabic words "Abu" meaning "father of" and "Jaoude" which is a personal name. The name likely emerged during the medieval period in the Levant region.

The earliest recorded instances of the ABOUJAOUDE surname can be traced back to the 16th century in historical documents from the Mount Lebanon region. It was commonly found in village records and tax registers from that era, often spelled with slight variations like "Abou Jaoude" or "Aboujaoudeh."

One notable early bearer of the name was Youssef ABOUJAOUDE, a Maronite Catholic scholar born in 1610 in the village of Ghazir, who authored several theological works in Syriac and Arabic. Another early figure was Boutros ABOUJAOUDE, a silk merchant from Beirut active in the late 17th century, who traded with European markets.

In the 19th century, the ABOUJAOUDE name appeared in records from the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, an autonomous province under Ottoman rule. Michel ABOUJAOUDE, born in 1825, was a prominent landowner and local leader from the town of Bhamdoun during this period.

As the Lebanese diaspora grew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the ABOUJAOUDE surname spread to various parts of the world. One notable figure was Khalil ABOUJAOUDE (1888-1959), a writer and journalist who emigrated to Brazil and founded several Arabic-language newspapers there.

Another influential bearer of the name was Sami ABOUJAOUDE (1916-1985), a Lebanese-American engineer and entrepreneur who pioneered the use of plastics in automotive manufacturing and founded several successful companies in the United States.

Throughout its history, the ABOUJAOUDE surname has maintained its roots in the Maronite Christian community of Lebanon, while also spreading to other parts of the world through migration and diaspora communities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aboujaoude

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Aboujaoude.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Aboujaoude was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Aboujaoude has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Aboujaoude was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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