The Yalcin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 289 people carried this name — #68,122 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 81% from 160 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
492 people named Yalcin live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 481 people named Yalcin 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 124 people named Yalcin.
Most of them — 102 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
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
Yalcin in American newspapers,
1916–1956.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Yalcin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın 1875–1957 · writer -
Ümit Yalçın 1967– · diplomat -
Serkan Yalçın 1982– · association football player -
Taner Yalçın 1990– · association football player -
Asena Yalçın 1991– · basketball player -
Hüseyin Suat Yalçın 1867–1942 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 185 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Yalcin.
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