Full name·Statistical estimate
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025How many people in Türkiye are called Mehmet Şahin?
10,167
Independence estimateEstimated number of people with the given name Mehmet and the surname Şahin in 2025. The real number of Mehmet Şahins may be higher or lower.1,2,3
How is this number calculated?
The Mehmet Şahin 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 Şahin, the national surname list.
| People named Mehmet | 1,271,896 | turkiyenames.com · TÜİK1,4 |
|---|---|---|
| People surnamed Şahin | 688,214 | Şahin · ADNKS 20252 |
| Population of Türkiye | 86,092,168 | TÜİK · ADNKS 20253 |
P(Mehmet) = 1,271,896 ÷ 86,092,168 = 1.48%
P(Şahin) = 688,214 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.80%
P(Mehmet) × P(Şahin) × population ≈ 10,167
How reliable is this estimate?
How has the estimate for Mehmet Şahin changed?
The same calculation gives 10,972 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 7.3% lower. The number of people named Mehmet fell over the period.
| Year | Mehmet | Şahin | Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,361,958 | 660,634 | ≈ 10,972 |
| 2019 | 1,352,726 | 667,161 | ≈ 10,853 |
| 2020 | 1,338,968 | 672,026 | ≈ 10,762 |
| 2021 | 1,324,988 | 676,707 | ≈ 10,588 |
| 2022 | 1,312,796 | 680,655 | ≈ 10,478 |
| 2023 | 1,298,836 | 683,206 | ≈ 10,394 |
| 2024 | 1,285,141 | 685,727 | ≈ 10,287 |
| 2025 | 1,271,896 | 688,214 | ≈ 10,167 |
What about other combinations with Mehmet and Şahin?
Among the 30 most common given names, Mehmet comes 1st for the surname Şahin.
Mehmet + surname
- Mehmet Yılmaz≈ 17,402
- Mehmet Kaya≈ 13,292
- Mehmet Demir≈ 12,956
- Mehmet Çelik≈ 10,602
- Mehmet Yıldız≈ 10,298
- Mehmet Şahin≈ 10,167
- Mehmet Yıldırım≈ 9,850
- Mehmet Öztürk≈ 8,670
- Mehmet Aydın≈ 8,589
- Mehmet Özdemir≈ 8,220
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)