Arslãn

surname · Latin script

Arslãn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 2nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From arslan, an alternative form of aslan (“lion”).

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye1 in 157(measured from records)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 1.4K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 2.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Arslãn itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (measured from records)

521,149 people, 2025

#411 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
192 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 157 (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ArslãnLatin(measured from records)
АсланCyrillic(measured from records)
อัสลันThai(measured from records)
ასლანიGeorgian(measured from records)
ΑρσλανGreek(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Arslan in TR Türkiye, PK Pakistan, CY Cyprus, Аслан in AZ Azerbaijan and Арслан in UZ Uzbekistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From arslan, an alternative form of aslan (“lion”).

Sources 3

Attested across 31 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arslãn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Arslãn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#2521,1491 in 157521KArslan163
PK Pakistan#439≈98,000 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Arslan139
UZ Uzbekistan—≈18,000 est.≈1 in 1.7KlistedАрслан19
AZ Azerbaijan#809≈6,200 est.≈1 in 1.7K928Аслан39
FR France—≈3,900 est.≈1 in 17K755—6
CY Cyprus#21≈900 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Arslan18

521,149 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used surnames, 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used surnames; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Arslãn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Arslãn mean, and where does it come from?
From arslan, an alternative form of aslan (“lion”). Recorded by TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary) and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Arslãn have the most bearers?
In Türkiye, the national register counted about 521 thousand people named Arslãn, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arslan.
Where is Arslãn most common?
Arslãn is densest in Türkiye, where the national register counts about 1 in 157 people carrying it.
How common is the name Arslãn?
In Türkiye, the national register counted 521,149 people named Arslãn in 2025, about 1 in 157 residents.
How common is Arslãn compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Arslãn is the 2nd most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Arslãn” — the 2nd most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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