The Yavuz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 191 people carried this name — #95,545 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 80% from 106 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 680 people named Yavuz 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
489 people named Yavuz live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 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 70 people named Yavuz.
Most of them — 60 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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
33 people named Yavuz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 220 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 the Nordic population registers
273 people named Yavuz 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.
In print
Yavuz in American newspapers,
1918–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Yavuz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hilmi Yavuz 1936– · writer -
Yüksel Yavuz 1964– · screenwriter -
Seddar Yavuz 1967– · statesperson -
Ali İhsan Yavuz 1969– · politician -
Mehmet Yavuz 1973–2019
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 129 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Yavuz.
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