The Kilic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 573 people carried this name — #38,582 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 100% from 287 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,215 people named Kilic 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
1,035 people named Kilic live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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 223 people named Kilic.
Most of them — 174 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Vosges.
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
43 people named Kilic have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 430 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
494 people named Kilic is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Kilic in American newspapers,
1918–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,367 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kilic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ilse Kilic 1958– · writer -
Selâhattin Kılıç 1921– · politician
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Ulas Kilic 1975– · actor
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Serdar Kilic 1979– · politician
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Bülent Kılıç 1979– · photographer
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Ahmet Kılıç 1984– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 22 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kilic.
- Kihl 104 · U.S. census
- Kihm 314 · U.S. census
- Kihn 409 · U.S. census
- Kilburg 804 · U.S. census
- Kilhoffer 212 · U.S. census
- Kilian 3,065 · U.S. census
- Killian 12,717 · U.S. census
- Killy 123 · U.S. census
- Kim 262,352 · U.S. census
- Kimmel 10,528 · U.S. census
- Kimmerle 432 · U.S. census
- Kimmich 396 · U.S. census
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