The Yildiz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 346 people carried this name — #55,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,092 people named Yildiz live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 2,056 people named Yildiz 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 334 people named Yildiz.
Most of them — 271 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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
59 people named Yildiz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 578 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 print
Yildiz in American newspapers,
1896–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,355 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Yildiz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Haluk Yildiz 1968– · politician -
Serdar Thenk Yildiz 1975– · musician -
Salih Yıldız 2001– · judoka -
Damla Yıldız 2003– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 34 lives in all are documented under this name.
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