Yilmaz is used as a family name or surname in Turkey. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yilmaz
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Turkey
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yilmaz

How popular is Yilmaz?

Yilmaz is common in Turkey.

Yilmaz is ranked 636 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yilmazies grew by 100.9859 per cent to 1427 since 2000 and ranked 19075 after elevating 11854 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.22 80.99
Others 3.15 17.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.89 0.7
Hispanic or Latino 1.68 0
Black 1.05 0
Yilmaz is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Turkey which signifies that it is originated from Turkey. Around 817987 people have been found who wears Yilmaz as their family name. Yilmaz is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
9,568 Thailand8
7,646 Japan7
567,967 Indonesia6
10,935 Armenia5
7,594 Pakistan5
3,861 Syria3
1,718 Yemen3
119,730 Brazil3
7,993 Jordan3
7,294 Kuwait3
26,321 Israel3
4,744 Macedonia2
26,532 Chile2
1,421 Gabon2
3,940 Ethiopia2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
3,437 Sudan2
3,014 Taiwan2
10,858 Tunisia2
11,736 Lithuania2
4,104 South Korea2
15,999 Slovakia2
38,063 Mauritania1
53,033 Nigeria1
15,162 Costa Rica1
62,864 New Zealand1
15,705 Cameroon1
10,190 Bahrain1
408 Åland1
120,357 Argentina1
7,110 Bosnia1
19,810 Croatia1
29,774 Venezuela1
3,307 Malta1
40,340 Malaysia1
66,560 Philippines1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
1,819 Laos1
2,333 Montenegro1
700 Somalia1
3,243 Suriname1
7,941 Guatemala1
11,831 Tajikistan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
4,435 Togo1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,232 French Polynesia1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
7,279 Wales45
9,524 Portugal37
40,652 Czech Republic29
40,421 Belarus27
1,555 Iceland25
12,716 Georgia23
25,758 Kyrgyzstan22
3,830 Luxembourg20
2,413 China18
15,050 Singapore18
24,570 Moldova16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
28,833 Spain88
4,790 Ireland71
3,129 Northern Ireland60
12,538 Norway59
Countries with hundreds of Yilmaz:
1,536 Belgium995
942 Bulgaria935
3,763 Saudi Arabia923
1,337 Switzerland729
11,515 Iran716
10,269 Algeria625
141 Cyprus558
1,766 Sweden558
29,557 Russia530
6,378 Australia453
10,727 Canada366
1,733 Denmark329
7,137 Romania313
17,962 Morocco268
10,457 Kazakhstan257
24,142 Ukraine228
6,128 Hungary196
5,359 United Arab Emirates183
4,315 Finland181
2,511 Azerbaijan169
3,257 Albania148
35,546 South Africa146
53,156 Italy134
3,641 Oman124
15,938 Greece123
2,299 Qatar107
Countries with thousands of Yilmaz:
585 Iraq6,836
662 Netherlands2,698
3,427 France2,278
1,325 Afghanistan2,214
3,972 England1,893
385 Austria1,834
17,915 United States1,827
545 Libya1,350
5,363 Egypt1,226
592 Turkmenistan1,105
6,043 Poland1,002
Countries with ten thousands of Yilmaz:
192 Germany25,990
Countries with hundred thousands of Yilmaz:
1 Turkey756,629
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Yilmaz Namesakes

  • Mesut Yılmaz, Turkish Politician
  • Seyfettin Yılmaz, Politician
  • Adnan Yılmaz, Bureaucrat
  • Ahsen Yılmaz, Furkan Aldemir's wife
  • Alper Yılmaz, Basketball Player
  • Alper Yılmaz, Film director
  • Cumhur Yılmaztürk, Soccer player
  • Serra Yılmaz, Actress
  • Atıf Yılmaz, Film director
  • Engin Yılmaz, Politician
  • In 2017 horror film, Lucifer, Damla Nur Yilmaz portrayed N.
  • Ceylan Yilmaz, from 2012 comedy film Van Gölü Canavari, who played N.

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