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TÜİK · ADNKS 2025Öztürk or Aydın?
Öztürk and Aydın are almost level: in 2025 only 5,444 people separate them. Since 2018, Aydın has grown 4.2% and Öztürk 3.6%, so the gap is narrowing. Nationally Öztürk ranks 8th and Aydın 9th.1
SURNAME · No. 8
Öztürk
“true Turk, genuine Turk”
- People
- 586,831
- Per 1,000
- 6.8
- Since 2018
- +3.6%
- Provinces led
- 0
- Origin
- Turkic
- Category
- Homeland, nation and ideals
SURNAME · No. 9
Aydın
“bright; enlightened, educated”
- People
- 581,387
- Per 1,000
- 6.8
- Since 2018
- +4.2%
- Provinces led
- 0
- Origin
- Turkic
- Category
- Light and fire
How have Öztürk and Aydın changed since 2018?
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Öztürk | 566,330 | 571,404 | 575,418 | 578,745 | 581,862 | 583,451 | 585,053 | 586,831 |
| Aydın | 558,089 | 563,570 | 567,785 | 571,791 | 575,232 | 577,350 | 579,161 | 581,387 |
| Year | Öztürk | Aydın | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 566,330 | 558,089 | 1.01 |
| 2019 | 571,404 | 563,570 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 575,418 | 567,785 | 1.01 |
| 2021 | 578,745 | 571,791 | 1.01 |
| 2022 | 581,862 | 575,232 | 1.01 |
| 2023 | 583,451 | 577,350 | 1.01 |
| 2024 | 585,053 | 579,161 | 1.01 |
| 2025 | 586,831 | 581,387 | 1.01 |
Which one leads in which provinces?
In the 2025 province lists, Öztürk ranks above Aydın in 46 provinces and Aydın above Öztürk in 33 provinces.1
Öztürk ahead
The most populous entries are shown; the figure is the count in that province.
Do they share a root?
Both Öztürk and Aydın go back to words of Turkic origin; Öztürk is a compound and Aydın an adjective formation.
- Öztürk Built from two words: öz, “own, pure, genuine”, and Türk, “Turk”. Together they mean “a true Turk, a Turk through and through”. Öz- was one of the most frequent first elements when surnames were chosen in 1934.
- Aydın Aydın first means “bright, full of light”. Today it mostly refers to an educated, cultured, forward-thinking person, an intellectual. It is a given name for men and women; the Aegean province of Aydın takes its name from the Aydınoğulları principality.
How is this comparison made?
Sources
- 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il