The Demir surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 572 people carried this name — #38,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 43% from 400 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,460 people named Demir 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
1,959 people named Demir live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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 350 people named Demir.
Most of them — 280 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 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
70 people named Demir have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 747 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 39 people named Demir 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
1,729 people named Demir are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. 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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Demir in American newspapers,
1913–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,587 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Demir,
with a public archive behind them.
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Orhan Demir 1954– · jazz guitarist -
Fehmi Demir 1957–2015 · politician -
Filiz Kerestecioğlu 1961– · politician -
Vedat Demir 1966– · university teacher -
Ersin Demir 1977– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 215 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Demir.
- Demetz 144 · U.S. census
- Demeule 153 · U.S. census
- Demeulenaere 289 · U.S. census
- Demey 268 · U.S. census
- Demeyer 793 · U.S. census
- Demeyere 154 · U.S. census
- Demirci 176 · U.S. census
- Demirdjian 208 · U.S. census
- Demma 838 · U.S. census
- Demmer 1,086 · U.S. census
- Demmerle 161 · U.S. census
- Demolle 112 · U.S. census
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