How common is the surname Yilmaz?

1,427 people in the United States had the surname Yilmaz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. It ranked 19,075th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Yilmaz getting more or less common?

More common. 710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,427 in 2010, up 101%.

The surname Yilmaz

A surname, carried by 1,427 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Y452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yilmaz is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

From Turkish Yılmaz, which is from yılmaz, meaning ("fearless, intrepid").

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,427 people named Yilmaz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. That is up 101% since 2000, when the Census counted 710.

#19,075

rank among US surnames

1,427

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+101%

change since 2000 (was #30,929)

Who is named Yilmaz

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Yilmaz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as two or more races and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Two or more races 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Yilmaz come from?: From Turkish Yılmaz, which is from yılmaz, meaning ("fearless, intrepid").
How common is the surname Yilmaz?: 1,427 people in the United States had the surname Yilmaz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. It ranked 19,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Yilmaz?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Yilmaz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Yilmaz getting more or less common?: More common. 710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,427 in 2010, up 101%.