Full name·Statistical estimate

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

How many people in Türkiye are called Ahmet Yıldırım?

6,638

Independence estimateEstimated number of people with the given name Ahmet and the surname Yıldırım in 2025. The real number of Ahmet Yıldırıms may be higher or lower.1,2,3

How is this number calculated?

The Ahmet Yıldırım estimate rests on three official figures, each linked to its source below. For Ahmet, TÜİK’s count in the list of male names is used; for Yıldırım, the national surname list.

People named Ahmet857,105turkiyenames.com · TÜİK1,4
People surnamed Yıldırım666,723Yıldırım · ADNKS 20252
Population of Türkiye86,092,168TÜİK · ADNKS 20253

P(Ahmet) = 857,105 ÷ 86,092,168 = 1.00%

P(Yıldırım) = 666,723 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.77%

P(Ahmet) × P(Yıldırım) × population ≈ 6,638

How reliable is this estimate?

How has the estimate for Ahmet Yıldırım changed?

The same calculation gives 6,972 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 4.8% lower. The number of people named Ahmet fell over the period.

YearAhmetYıldırımEstimate
2018897,908636,738≈ 6,972
2019895,028643,571≈ 6,927
2020888,930648,965≈ 6,899
2021883,012654,066≈ 6,820
2022877,732658,631≈ 6,779
2023870,925661,503≈ 6,748
2024863,817664,229≈ 6,698
2025857,105666,723≈ 6,638

What about other combinations with Ahmet and Yıldırım?

Among the 30 most common given names, Ahmet comes 5th for the surname Yıldırım.

Ahmet + surname

given name + Yıldırım

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı — En çok kullanılan isimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  3. 3Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  4. 4turkiyenames.com, Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com)