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TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Adana 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Adana is Yılmaz: 25,641 people in 2018. Kaya is second with 22,868. Yılmaz has led Adana every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Adana, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 25,641 | 11.5 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 22,868 | 10.3 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 21,232 | 9.6 | 3 |
| 04 | Çelik | 17,569 | 7.9 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 16,733 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 06 | Şahin | 16,588 | 7.5 | 6 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 15,468 | 7.0 | 5 |
| 08 | Doğan | 14,958 | 6.7 | 12 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 14,536 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 10 | Aydın | 11,900 | 5.4 | 9 |
| 11 | Aslan | 10,991 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 12 | Arslan | 9,807 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 13 | Kılıç | 9,779 | 4.4 | 13 |
| 14 | Kara | 9,496 | 4.3 | 16 |
| 15 | Öztürk | 9,265 | 4.2 | 8 |
| 16 | Çetin | 8,565 | 3.9 | 15 |
| 17 | Kurt | 8,475 | 3.8 | 17 |
| 18 | Şimşek | 8,387 | 3.8 | 20 |
| 19 | Bulut | 7,055 | 3.2 | – |
| 20 | Can | 6,881 | 3.1 | 27 |
| 21 | Yavuz | 6,568 | 3.0 | 25 |
| 22 | Avcı | 6,531 | 2.9 | – |
| 23 | Gül | 6,450 | 2.9 | – |
| 24 | Taş | 6,448 | 2.9 | – |
| 25 | Erdoğan | 6,441 | 2.9 | 26 |
| 26 | Gök | 6,326 | 2.8 | – |
| 27 | Kaplan | 6,171 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Bozkurt | 6,128 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Polat | 6,108 | 2.8 | 19 |
| 30= | Özkan | 6,055 | 2.7 | 22 |
| 30= | Ünal | 6,055 | 2.7 | – |
How do these counts compare with Adana’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 2,220,125 in 2018, about 11.5 in every 1,000 people in Adana are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 335,475 people, 15.1% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- HatayHatay: also Yılmaz, with 16,136 people in 2018, 63% of the figure in Adana.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,428 people); Yılmaz, first in Adana, ranks 5th there with 10,137.
- KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 18,577 people in 2018, 72% of the figure in Adana.
- MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 24,680 people in 2018, almost exactly as many as in Adana.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,282 people in 2018, 21% of the figure in Adana.
- OsmaniyeOsmaniye: Demir leads (5,140 people); Yılmaz, first in Adana, ranks 2nd there with 4,981.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Adana’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 25,641 | Kaya 22,868 | Demir 21,232 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 25,737 | Kaya 23,109 | Demir 21,507 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 25,967 | Kaya 23,328 | Demir 21,830 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 25,980 | Kaya 23,509 | Demir 21,940 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 26,197 | Kaya 23,583 | Demir 22,244 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 26,091 | Kaya 23,543 | Demir 22,376 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 26,063 | Kaya 23,669 | Demir 22,539 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 26,146 | Kaya 23,859 | Demir 22,676 |
Sources
- 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
- 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries