The Aslan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 532 people carried this name — #40,976 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 43% from 373 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,132 people named Aslan 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 East Flanders.
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
705 people named Aslan live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 175 people named Aslan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Tucumán.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Aslan.
Most of them — 123 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 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 Poland’s population register
53 people named Aslan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 339 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 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
968 people named Aslan 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.
In print
Aslan in American newspapers,
1873–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,450 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aslan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mihail Aslan 1857–1936 · military personnel -
Raoul Aslan 1886–1958 · stage actor -
Didier Aslan 1894–1978 · actor -
Ana Aslan 1897–1988 · physician -
Nicola Aslan 1906–1980
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 180 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aslan.
- Ascencio 7,832 · U.S. census
- Ascensio 191 · U.S. census
- Aschbacher 160 · U.S. census
- Ascione 372 · U.S. census
- Asencio 3,006 · U.S. census
- Asensio 264 · U.S. census
- Aslanian 673 · U.S. census
- Asmus 1,994 · U.S. census
- Assa 169 · U.S. census
- Assad 1,400 · U.S. census
- Assadi 367 · U.S. census
- Assadourian 146 · U.S. census
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