Full name·Statistical estimate
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025How many people in Türkiye are called Mehmet Yılmaz?
17,402
Independence estimateEstimated number of people with the given name Mehmet and the surname Yılmaz in 2025. The real number of Mehmet Yılmazs may be higher or lower.1,2,3
How is this number calculated?
The Mehmet Yılmaz 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 Yılmaz, the national surname list.
| People named Mehmet | 1,271,896 | turkiyenames.com · TÜİK1,4 |
|---|---|---|
| People surnamed Yılmaz | 1,177,896 | Yılmaz · ADNKS 20252 |
| Population of Türkiye | 86,092,168 | TÜİK · ADNKS 20253 |
P(Mehmet) = 1,271,896 ÷ 86,092,168 = 1.48%
P(Yılmaz) = 1,177,896 ÷ 86,092,168 = 1.37%
P(Mehmet) × P(Yılmaz) × population ≈ 17,402
How reliable is this estimate?
How has the estimate for Mehmet Yılmaz changed?
The same calculation gives 18,841 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 7.6% lower. The number of people named Mehmet fell over the period.
| Year | Mehmet | Yılmaz | Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,361,958 | 1,134,443 | ≈ 18,841 |
| 2019 | 1,352,726 | 1,144,894 | ≈ 18,625 |
| 2020 | 1,338,968 | 1,152,872 | ≈ 18,462 |
| 2021 | 1,324,988 | 1,160,248 | ≈ 18,154 |
| 2022 | 1,312,796 | 1,167,108 | ≈ 17,966 |
| 2023 | 1,298,836 | 1,171,014 | ≈ 17,816 |
| 2024 | 1,285,141 | 1,174,516 | ≈ 17,620 |
| 2025 | 1,271,896 | 1,177,896 | ≈ 17,402 |
What about other combinations with Mehmet and Yılmaz?
Among the 30 most common given names, Mehmet comes 1st for the surname Yılmaz.
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 + Yılmaz
- Mehmet Yılmaz≈ 17,402
- Fatma Yılmaz≈ 15,764
- Mustafa Yılmaz≈ 14,470
- Ayşe Yılmaz≈ 12,408
- Ahmet Yılmaz≈ 11,727
- Emine Yılmaz≈ 10,627
- Ali Yılmaz≈ 10,076
- Hatice Yılmaz≈ 9,706
- Zeynep Yılmaz≈ 9,686
- Hüseyin Yılmaz≈ 7,824
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)