Full name·Statistical estimate
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025How many people in Türkiye are called Merve Yıldırım?
2,272
Independence estimateEstimated number of people with the given name Merve and the surname Yıldırım in 2025. The real number of Merve Yıldırıms may be higher or lower.1,2,3
How is this number calculated?
The Merve Yıldırım 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 Yıldırım, the national surname list.
| People named Merve | 293,380 | turkiyenames.com · TÜİK1,4 |
|---|---|---|
| People surnamed Yıldırım | 666,723 | Yıldırım · ADNKS 20252 |
| Population of Türkiye | 86,092,168 | TÜİK · ADNKS 20253 |
P(Merve) = 293,380 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.34%
P(Yıldırım) = 666,723 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.77%
P(Merve) × P(Yıldırım) × population ≈ 2,272
How reliable is this estimate?
How has the estimate for Merve Yıldırım changed?
The same calculation gives 2,229 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 1.9% higher. The number of people named Merve rose over the period.
| Year | Merve | Yıldırım | Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 287,074 | 636,738 | ≈ 2,229 |
| 2019 | 289,144 | 643,571 | ≈ 2,238 |
| 2020 | 290,702 | 648,965 | ≈ 2,256 |
| 2021 | 292,151 | 654,066 | ≈ 2,257 |
| 2022 | 293,290 | 658,631 | ≈ 2,265 |
| 2023 | 293,069 | 661,503 | ≈ 2,271 |
| 2024 | 293,302 | 664,229 | ≈ 2,274 |
| 2025 | 293,380 | 666,723 | ≈ 2,272 |
What about other combinations with Merve and Yıldırım?
Among the 30 most common given names, Merve comes 21th for the surname Yıldırım.
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 + Yıldırım
- Mehmet Yıldırım≈ 9,850
- Fatma Yıldırım≈ 8,923
- Mustafa Yıldırım≈ 8,191
- Ayşe Yıldırım≈ 7,023
- Ahmet Yıldırım≈ 6,638
- Emine Yıldırım≈ 6,015
- Ali Yıldırım≈ 5,704
- Hatice Yıldırım≈ 5,494
- Zeynep Yıldırım≈ 5,483
- Hüseyin Yıldırım≈ 4,428
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)