The Erdem surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 138 people carried this name — #116,835 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 372 people named Erdem 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 Antwerp.
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
324 people named Erdem live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 57 people named Erdem.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Isère.
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 print
Erdem in American newspapers,
1864–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,116 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Erdem,
with a public archive behind them.
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Naci Erdem 1931–2022 · association football coach -
Tarhan Erdem 1933–2022 · politician -
Kâmil Erdem 1959– · composer -
Reha Erdem 1960– · screenwriter -
Orhan Erdem 1963– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 148 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Erdem.
- Erba 175 · U.S. census
- Erbland 202 · U.S. census
- Erbs 213 · U.S. census
- Ercolani 362 · U.S. census
- Ercole 412 · U.S. census
- Ercoli 262 · U.S. census
- Erdmann 4,005 · U.S. census
- Erdogan 167 · U.S. census
- Erhard 951 · U.S. census
- Erhardt 2,173 · U.S. census
- Erhart 1,601 · U.S. census
- Eric 328 · U.S. census
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