How many people in Türkiye are called Elif Şahin?

4,446

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

How is this number calculated?

The Elif Şahin 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 Şahin, the national surname list.

People named Elif	556,208	turkiyenames.com · TÜİK^1,4
People surnamed Şahin	688,214	Şahin · ADNKS 2025²
Population of Türkiye	86,092,168	TÜİK · ADNKS 2025³

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

P(Şahin) = 688,214 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.80%

P(Elif) × P(Şahin) × population ≈ 4,446

How reliable is this estimate?

How has the estimate for Elif Şahin changed?

The same calculation gives 4,218 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 5.4% higher. The number of people named Elif rose over the period.

Year	Elif	Şahin	Estimate
2018	523,575	660,634	≈ 4,218
2019	531,568	667,161	≈ 4,265
2020	538,122	672,026	≈ 4,325
2021	543,780	676,707	≈ 4,346
2022	548,884	680,655	≈ 4,381
2023	551,333	683,206	≈ 4,412
2024	553,984	685,727	≈ 4,435
2025	556,208	688,214	≈ 4,446

What about other combinations with Elif and Şahin?

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

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 + Şahin

Mehmet Şahin≈ 10,167
Fatma Şahin≈ 9,210
Mustafa Şahin≈ 8,455
Ayşe Şahin≈ 7,249
Ahmet Şahin≈ 6,852
Emine Şahin≈ 6,209
Ali Şahin≈ 5,887
Hatice Şahin≈ 5,671
Zeynep Şahin≈ 5,659
Hüseyin Şahin≈ 4,571

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 Şahin?

§1How is this number calculated?

§2How reliable is this estimate?

§3How has the estimate for Elif Şahin changed?

§4What about other combinations with Elif and Şahin?