Full name·Statistical estimate

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

How many people in Türkiye are called Meryem Yıldırım?

2,483

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

How is this number calculated?

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

People named Meryem320,576turkiyenames.com · TÜİK1,4
People surnamed Yıldırım666,723Yıldırım · ADNKS 20252
Population of Türkiye86,092,168TÜİK · ADNKS 20253

P(Meryem) = 320,576 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.37%

P(Yıldırım) = 666,723 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.77%

P(Meryem) × P(Yıldırım) × population ≈ 2,483

How reliable is this estimate?

How has the estimate for Meryem Yıldırım changed?

The same calculation gives 2,378 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 4.4% higher. The number of people named Meryem rose over the period.

YearMeryemYıldırımEstimate
2018306,264636,738≈ 2,378
2019309,824643,571≈ 2,398
2020312,246648,965≈ 2,423
2021314,804654,066≈ 2,432
2022317,592658,631≈ 2,453
2023318,842661,503≈ 2,471
2024319,635664,229≈ 2,478
2025320,576666,723≈ 2,483

What about other combinations with Meryem and Yıldırım?

Among the 30 most common given names, Meryem comes 19th for the surname Yıldırım.

Meryem + surname

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)