How many people in Türkiye are called Özlem Yıldız?

1,894

Independence estimateEstimated number of people with the given name Özlem and the surname Yıldız in 2025. The real number of Özlem Yıldızs may be higher or lower.^1,2,3

How is this number calculated?

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

People named Özlem	233,876	turkiyenames.com · TÜİK^1,4
People surnamed Yıldız	697,080	Yıldız · ADNKS 2025²
Population of Türkiye	86,092,168	TÜİK · ADNKS 2025³

P(Özlem) = 233,876 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.27%

P(Yıldız) = 697,080 ÷ 86,092,168 = 0.81%

P(Özlem) × P(Yıldız) × population ≈ 1,894

How reliable is this estimate?

How has the estimate for Özlem Yıldız changed?

The same calculation gives 1,882 for 2018; the 2025 estimate is 0.6% higher. The number of people named Özlem rose over the period.

Year	Özlem	Yıldız	Estimate
2018	233,619	660,780	≈ 1,882
2019	233,919	668,478	≈ 1,880
2020	234,266	674,918	≈ 1,891
2021	234,513	680,948	≈ 1,886
2022	234,644	686,329	≈ 1,888
2023	234,219	690,153	≈ 1,893
2024	234,031	693,634	≈ 1,895
2025	233,876	697,080	≈ 1,894

What about other combinations with Özlem and Yıldız?

Among the 30 most common given names, Özlem comes 27th for the surname Yıldız.

Özlem + surname

Özlem Yılmaz≈ 3,200
Özlem Kaya≈ 2,444
Özlem Demir≈ 2,382
Özlem Çelik≈ 1,950
Özlem Yıldız≈ 1,894
Özlem Şahin≈ 1,870
Özlem Yıldırım≈ 1,811
Özlem Öztürk≈ 1,594
Özlem Aydın≈ 1,579
Özlem Özdemir≈ 1,511

given name + Yıldız

Mehmet Yıldız≈ 10,298
Fatma Yıldız≈ 9,329
Mustafa Yıldız≈ 8,564
Ayşe Yıldız≈ 7,343
Ahmet Yıldız≈ 6,940
Emine Yıldız≈ 6,289
Ali Yıldız≈ 5,963
Hatice Yıldız≈ 5,744
Zeynep Yıldız≈ 5,732
Hüseyin Yıldız≈ 4,630

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)

How many people in Türkiye are called Özlem Yıldız?

§1How is this number calculated?

§2How reliable is this estimate?

§3How has the estimate for Özlem Yıldız changed?

§4What about other combinations with Özlem and Yıldız?