The Tartar surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 170 people carried this name — #98,770 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 274 people named Tartar.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 4

Pas-de-Calais 216

Nord 19

Paris 12

Loire 3

Seine-Maritime 3

Saône-et-Loire 3

Orne 3

Oise 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 45 people named Tartar 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 Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 25

East Flanders 20

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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