The Arslan surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 382 people carried this name — #51,233 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,521 people named Arslan 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
1,279 people named Arslan live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 245 people named Arslan.
Most of them — 191 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Eure.
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
54 people named Arslan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 481 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 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 print
Arslan in American newspapers,
1893–1945.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 617 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Arslan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alp Arslan 1029–1072 · military leader -
Kara Arslan 1144–1174 -
Emin Arslan 1868–1943 · writer -
Nasib Arslan 1868– · politician -
Shakib Arslan 1869–1946 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 195 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Arslan.
- Arrighi 421 · U.S. census
- Arrigo 1,589 · U.S. census
- Arrigoni 465 · U.S. census
- Arro 105 · U.S. census
- Arroyo 37,678 · U.S. census
- Arrufat 100 · U.S. census
- Arslanian 527 · U.S. census
- Arson 112 · U.S. census
- Artero 233 · U.S. census
- Artes 152 · U.S. census
- Arth 724 · U.S. census
- Arthaud 183 · U.S. census
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