Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

National ranking·Top 30

TÜİK · ADNKS 2024

The most common surnames in Türkiye, 2024

Yılmaz stayed first in 2024 with 1,174,516 people, up 3,502 (0.30%) on 2023, a smaller gain than the 3,906 of the year before.1 That is about 1.31 times as many as Kaya in second place. The top-ten order is unchanged from 2023; within it, Demir grew fastest (0.75%). Together the top ten are carried by 7,416,695 people, 8.7% of the population, much the same share as in 2023.

Top 10 · 2024

  1. 1Yılmaz1,174,516
  2. 2Kaya894,360
  3. 3Demir871,107
  4. 4Çelik714,184
  5. 5Yıldız693,634
  6. 6Şahin685,727
  7. 7Yıldırım664,229
  8. 8Öztürk585,053
  9. 9Aydın579,161
  10. 10Özdemir554,724
First place
Yılmaz
People
1,174,5161
Yılmaz
Top-10 total
7,416,6951
Top 10 share of population
8.7%2
Population
85,664,9442
ADNKS 2024

Which were the 10 most common surnames in 2024?

  1. 1 Yılmaz 1,174,516
  2. 2 Kaya 894,360
  3. 3 Demir 871,107
  4. 4 Çelik 714,184
  5. 5 Yıldız 693,634
  6. 6 Şahin 685,727
  7. 7 Yıldırım 664,229
  8. 8 Öztürk 585,053
  9. 9 Aydın 579,161
  10. 10 Özdemir 554,724
People, TÜİK ADNKS 2024. Bars start at zero.

The full top 30

RankSurnameMeaningPeoplevs 2023Count changeShare of top 10
01 Yılmaz undaunted, one who never gives up 1,174,516 = +3,502 15.8%
02 Kaya rock, crag 894,360 = +5,532 12.1%
03 Demir iron; strong, steadfast 871,107 = +6,464 11.7%
04 Çelik steel; tough, resilient 714,184 = +3,586 9.6%
05 Yıldız star 693,634 = +3,481 9.4%
06 Şahin hawk, buzzard 685,727 = +2,521 9.2%
07 Yıldırım thunderbolt; lightning-fast 664,229 = +2,726 9.0%
08 Öztürk true Turk, genuine Turk 585,053 = +1,602 7.9%
09 Aydın bright; enlightened, educated 579,161 = +1,811 7.8%
10 Özdemir pure iron; firm as iron 554,724 = +2,040 7.5%
11 Arslan lion 518,611 = +2,674
12 Doğan falcon; rising, born 483,916 = +2,208
13 Kılıç sword 448,121 = +2,386
14 Aslan lion; brave, strong 406,048 = +3,367
15 Çetin tough, hardy, unyielding 343,991 = +1,283
16 Kara black, dark; dark-haired 288,689 = +766
17 Kurt wolf 288,237 = +1,605
18 Koç ram; sturdy, brave 285,191 = +1,101
19 Polat steel; strong as steel 271,820 = +2,050
20 Şimşek lightning flash 252,505 = +1,014
21 Korkmaz fearless 248,915 = +1,207
22 Özkan of pure blood, of good stock 244,901 = +523
23 Yavuz formidable, stern, resolute 235,375 = +893
24 Çakır grey-blue (of eyes) 234,557 = +585
25 Özcan pure soul; dear to the heart 233,453 = +473
26 Erdoğan warrior falcon; born a hero 232,884 = +500
27 Can soul, life; dear one 229,168 = +898
28 Acar bold, vigorous, capable 227,357 = +904
29 Güneş sun 225,819 = +1,363
30 Aktaş white stone 221,868 = +1,009
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2024. The top 30 are carried by 13,338,121 people in all.1

How should this ranking be read?

The figures come from TÜİK’s address-based population register (ADNKS) and describe the population resident in Türkiye on 31 December of each year. The NVİ civil register has a different scope, and the NVİ figures reported in the press are clearly higher; this site never puts the two registers in the same table or chart.

Surnames are inherited, not chosen each year, so the ranking barely moves from one year to the next, and most of the growth in the counts simply follows population growth. Changes of rank mostly happen between names whose counts are very close.

Ranks are shown exactly as TÜİK publishes them: names with equal counts share a rank, and the next rank is not skipped. The share of the top ten is each name’s count divided by the combined count of that year’s top ten.

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Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Anadolu Ajansı (figures: TÜİK ADNKS), AA (11 Mar 2025): Türkiye'de en yaygın soyadları ve isimler belli oldu — ADNKS 2024