Full name·Statistical estimate
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025How many people in Türkiye are called Merve Çelik?
2,446
Independence estimateEstimated number of people with the given name Merve and the surname Çelik in 2025. The real number of Merve Çeliks may be higher or lower.1,2,3
How is this number calculated?
The Merve Çelik estimate rests on three official figures, each linked to its source below. For Merve, TÜİK’s count in the list of female names is used; for Çelik, the national surname list.
| People named Merve | 293,380 | turkiyenames.com · TÜİK1,4 |
|---|---|---|
| People surnamed Çelik | 717,655 | Çelik · ADNKS 20252 |
| Population of Türkiye | 86,092,168 | TÜİK · ADNKS 20253 |
P(Merve) = 293,380 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.34%
P(Çelik) = 717,655 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.83%
P(Merve) × P(Çelik) × population ≈ 2,446
How reliable is this estimate?
How has the estimate for Merve Çelik changed?
The same calculation gives 2,382 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 2.7% higher. The number of people named Merve rose over the period.
| Year | Merve | Çelik | Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 287,074 | 680,558 | ≈ 2,382 |
| 2019 | 289,144 | 688,604 | ≈ 2,394 |
| 2020 | 290,702 | 695,044 | ≈ 2,416 |
| 2021 | 292,151 | 701,315 | ≈ 2,420 |
| 2022 | 293,290 | 706,814 | ≈ 2,431 |
| 2023 | 293,069 | 710,598 | ≈ 2,439 |
| 2024 | 293,302 | 714,184 | ≈ 2,445 |
| 2025 | 293,380 | 717,655 | ≈ 2,446 |
What about other combinations with Merve and Çelik?
Among the 30 most common given names, Merve comes 21th for the surname Çelik.
Merve + surname
- Merve Yılmaz≈ 4,014
- Merve Kaya≈ 3,066
- Merve Demir≈ 2,988
- Merve Çelik≈ 2,446
- Merve Yıldız≈ 2,375
- Merve Şahin≈ 2,345
- Merve Yıldırım≈ 2,272
- Merve Öztürk≈ 2,000
- Merve Aydın≈ 1,981
- Merve Özdemir≈ 1,896
given name + Çelik
- Mehmet Çelik≈ 10,602
- Fatma Çelik≈ 9,604
- Mustafa Çelik≈ 8,816
- Ayşe Çelik≈ 7,560
- Ahmet Çelik≈ 7,145
- Emine Çelik≈ 6,475
- Ali Çelik≈ 6,139
- Hatice Çelik≈ 5,914
- Zeynep Çelik≈ 5,901
- Hüseyin Çelik≈ 4,767
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)