The Polat surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 108 people carried this name — #141,788 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
996 people named Polat 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 796 people named Polat 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Polat.
Most of them — 78 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Loire.
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
34 people named Polat have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 266 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 Opole.
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
Polat in American newspapers,
1863–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,377 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Polat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Yevgeniya Polat 1937–2007 -
Adnan Polat 1953– · businessperson -
Murat Polat 1971– · basketball coach -
Mahir Polat 1976– · historic preservationist -
Filiz Polat 1978– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 122 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Polat.
- Poitier 439 · U.S. census
- Pokorski 519 · U.S. census
- Pol 1,016 · U.S. census
- Polack 619 · U.S. census
- Polak 3,002 · U.S. census
- Polard 118 · U.S. census
- Poles 447 · U.S. census
- Polese 199 · U.S. census
- Polette 146 · U.S. census
- Poletti 583 · U.S. census
- Poletto 180 · U.S. census
- Poli 1,576 · U.S. census
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