How many people in Türkiye are called Elif Kaya?

5,813

Independence estimateEstimated number of people with the given name Elif and the surname Kaya in 2025. The real number of Elif Kayas may be higher or lower.^1,2,3

How is this number calculated?

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

People named Elif	556,208	turkiyenames.com · TÜİK^1,4
People surnamed Kaya	899,722	Kaya · ADNKS 2025²
Population of Türkiye	86,092,168	TÜİK · ADNKS 2025³

P(Elif) = 556,208 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.65%

P(Kaya) = 899,722 ÷ 86,092,168 = 1.05%

P(Elif) × P(Kaya) × population ≈ 5,813

How reliable is this estimate?

How has the estimate for Elif Kaya changed?

The same calculation gives 5,413 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 7.4% higher. The number of people named Elif rose over the period.

Year	Elif	Kaya	Estimate
2018	523,575	847,737	≈ 5,413
2019	531,568	858,398	≈ 5,487
2020	538,122	866,547	≈ 5,577
2021	543,780	875,113	≈ 5,620
2022	548,884	883,067	≈ 5,684
2023	551,333	888,828	≈ 5,740
2024	553,984	894,360	≈ 5,784
2025	556,208	899,722	≈ 5,813

What about other combinations with Elif and Kaya?

Among the 30 most common given names, Elif comes 11th for the surname Kaya.

Elif + surname

Elif Yılmaz≈ 7,610
Elif Kaya≈ 5,813
Elif Demir≈ 5,666
Elif Çelik≈ 4,636
Elif Yıldız≈ 4,504
Elif Şahin≈ 4,446
Elif Yıldırım≈ 4,307
Elif Öztürk≈ 3,791
Elif Aydın≈ 3,756
Elif Özdemir≈ 3,595

given name + Kaya

Mehmet Kaya≈ 13,292
Fatma Kaya≈ 12,041
Mustafa Kaya≈ 11,053
Ayşe Kaya≈ 9,477
Ahmet Kaya≈ 8,957
Emine Kaya≈ 8,117
Ali Kaya≈ 7,697
Hatice Kaya≈ 7,414
Zeynep Kaya≈ 7,399
Hüseyin Kaya≈ 5,976

Sources

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

How many people in Türkiye are called Elif Kaya?

§1How is this number calculated?

§2How reliable is this estimate?

§3How has the estimate for Elif Kaya changed?

§4What about other combinations with Elif and Kaya?