Full name·Statistical estimate

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

How many people in Türkiye are called Mehmet Özdemir?

8,220

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

How is this number calculated?

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

People named Mehmet1,271,896turkiyenames.com · TÜİK1,4
People surnamed Özdemir556,378Özdemir · ADNKS 20252
Population of Türkiye86,092,168TÜİK · ADNKS 20253

P(Mehmet) = 1,271,896 ÷ 86,092,168 = 1.48%

P(Özdemir) = 556,378 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.65%

P(Mehmet) × P(Özdemir) × population ≈ 8,220

How reliable is this estimate?

How has the estimate for Mehmet Özdemir changed?

The same calculation gives 8,879 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 7.4% lower. The number of people named Mehmet fell over the period.

YearMehmetÖzdemirEstimate
20181,361,958534,623≈ 8,879
20191,352,726539,745≈ 8,780
20201,338,968543,564≈ 8,704
20211,324,988547,285≈ 8,563
20221,312,796550,628≈ 8,476
20231,298,836552,684≈ 8,408
20241,285,141554,724≈ 8,322
20251,271,896556,378≈ 8,220

What about other combinations with Mehmet and Özdemir?

Among the 30 most common given names, Mehmet comes 1st for the surname Özdemir.

Mehmet + surname

given name + Özdemir

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)