The Uzun surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 325 people carried this name — #61,745 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 144% from 133 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 355 people named Uzun 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
316 people named Uzun live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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 54 people named Uzun.
Most of them — 36 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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 the Nordic population registers
204 people named Uzun are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Uzun,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ljubomir Uzun-Mirković 1832–1905 · military officer
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Bilecikli Uzun Ömer 1922–1960 · media personality
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Bilecikli Uzun Ömer 1922–1960 · media personality
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Numan Uzun 1923–2008 · politician
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Hasan Tahsin Uzun 1925–2022 · politician
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Hayrettin Uzun 1945–2000
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Uzun.
When the index is not enough
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