The Yar surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 130 people carried this name — #122,534 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 61 people named Yar 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 54 people named Yar.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Finistère.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Yar.
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