The Acar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 265 people carried this name — #73,215 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 47% from 180 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 628 people named Acar 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 Limburg.
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
430 people named Acar live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Acar.
Most of them — 62 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Poland’s population register
38 people named Acar have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 219 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
527 people named Acar 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.
Who carried it
People named Acar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kuzgun Acar 1928–1976 · sculptor -
Jacques F. Acar 1931–2020 · university teacher -
Jacques Acar 1937–1976 · comics artist -
Serkan Acar 1948–2013 · association football player -
Selim Acar 1961– · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 142 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Acar.
- Abrantes 608 · U.S. census
- Abreu 17,998 · U.S. census
- Abril 2,379 · U.S. census
- Abry 144 · U.S. census
- Absalon 208 · U.S. census
- Abt 1,388 · U.S. census
- Accardi 1,586 · U.S. census
- Accardo 1,228 · U.S. census
- Accorsi 153 · U.S. census
- Acedo 1,236 · U.S. census
- Ach 215 · U.S. census
- Ache 216 · U.S. census
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