Province·Mediterranean Region·Code 01

TÜİK · ADNKS 2019

The most common surnames in Adana 2019

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Adana is Yılmaz: 25,737 people in 2019. Kaya is second with 23,109. Yılmaz has led Adana every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
25,7371
ADNKS 2019
Per 1,000
11.52
Yılmaz
Population
2,237,9402
ADNKS 2019
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Adana, 2019

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 25,737 11.5 1
02 Kaya 23,109 10.3 2
03 Demir 21,507 9.6 3
04 Çelik 17,712 7.9 4
05 Yıldırım 16,871 7.5 7
06 Şahin 16,749 7.5 6
07 Yıldız 15,593 7.0 5
08 Doğan 14,972 6.7 12
09 Özdemir 14,680 6.6 10
10 Aydın 11,941 5.3 9
11 Aslan 11,230 5.0 14
12 Kılıç 9,963 4.5 13
13 Arslan 9,886 4.4 11
14 Kara 9,656 4.3 16
15 Öztürk 9,296 4.2 8
16 Çetin 8,622 3.9 15
17 Kurt 8,583 3.8 17
18 Şimşek 8,387 3.7 20
19 Bulut 7,080 3.2 –
20 Can 6,977 3.1 27
21 Yavuz 6,646 3.0 25
22 Taş 6,568 2.9 –
23 Avcı 6,563 2.9 –
24 Gül 6,485 2.9 –
25 Erdoğan 6,468 2.9 26
26 Gök 6,413 2.9 –
27 Polat 6,237 2.8 19
28 Kaplan 6,164 2.8 –
29 Bozkurt 6,144 2.7 –
30 Ünal 6,099 2.7 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2019, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Adana’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 2,237,940 in 2019, about 11.5 in every 1,000 people in Adana are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 332,338 people, 14.9% of the population.1,2

Adana lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.8% between 2018 and 2019.2

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Population of Adana, 2018–2019 Vertical axis does not start at zero.
Population of Adana, 2018–2019
20182,220,125
20192,237,940

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • HatayHatay: also Yılmaz, with 16,326 people in 2019, 63% of the figure in Adana.
  • KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,517 people); Yılmaz, first in Adana, ranks 5th there with 10,216.
  • KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 18,770 people in 2019, 73% of the figure in Adana.
  • MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 24,957 people in 2019, almost exactly as many as in Adana.
  • NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,206 people in 2019, 20% of the figure in Adana.
  • OsmaniyeOsmaniye: Demir leads (5,238 people); Yılmaz, first in Adana, ranks 2nd there with 5,036.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Adana’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 25,641Kaya 22,868Demir 21,232
2019 Yılmaz 25,737Kaya 23,109Demir 21,507
2020 Yılmaz 25,967Kaya 23,328Demir 21,830
2021 Yılmaz 25,980Kaya 23,509Demir 21,940
2022 Yılmaz 26,197Kaya 23,583Demir 22,244
2023 Yılmaz 26,091Kaya 23,543Demir 22,376
2024 Yılmaz 26,063Kaya 23,669Demir 22,539
2025 Yılmaz 26,146Kaya 23,859Demir 22,676

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. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries