Province·Aegean Region·Code 03
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Afyonkarahisar is Yılmaz: 9,566 people in 2018. Çelik is second with 8,551. Yılmaz has led Afyonkarahisar every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 9,566 | 13.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 8,551 | 11.8 | 4 |
| 03 | Yıldırım | 6,826 | 9.4 | 7 |
| 04 | Özdemir | 6,641 | 9.2 | 10 |
| 05 | Demir | 6,207 | 8.6 | 3 |
| 06 | Öztürk | 6,006 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 07 | Çetin | 5,296 | 7.3 | 15 |
| 08 | Şahin | 4,955 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 4,567 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 10 | Kaya | 4,419 | 6.1 | 2 |
| 11 | Arslan | 4,223 | 5.8 | 11 |
| 12 | Koç | 4,012 | 5.5 | 18 |
| 13 | Doğan | 3,484 | 4.8 | 12 |
| 14 | Aydın | 3,468 | 4.8 | 9 |
| 15 | Yavuz | 3,400 | 4.7 | 25 |
| 16 | Uysal | 3,147 | 4.3 | – |
| 17 | Şen | 3,012 | 4.2 | – |
| 18 | Keskin | 2,836 | 3.9 | – |
| 19 | Özkan | 2,798 | 3.9 | 22 |
| 20 | Karakaya | 2,776 | 3.8 | – |
| 21 | Çakır | 2,704 | 3.7 | 23 |
| 22 | Çınar | 2,693 | 3.7 | – |
| 23 | Özcan | 2,661 | 3.7 | 24 |
| 24 | Çetinkaya | 2,624 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Ceylan | 2,494 | 3.4 | – |
| 26 | Acar | 2,487 | 3.4 | 28 |
| 27 | Öz | 2,451 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Kaplan | 2,420 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Şimşek | 2,377 | 3.3 | 20 |
| 30 | Korkmaz | 2,249 | 3.1 | 21 |
How do these counts compare with Afyonkarahisar’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 725,568 in 2018, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Afyonkarahisar are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 121,350 people, 16.7% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,318 people in 2018, 35% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,364 people in 2018, 1.3 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 11,582 people in 2018, 1.2 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,556 people in 2018, 69% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 23,359 people in 2018, 2.4 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,272 people in 2018, 66% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,578 people in 2018, 58% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Afyonkarahisar’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 9,566 | Çelik 8,551 | Yıldırım 6,826 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 9,540 | Çelik 8,609 | Yıldırım 6,849 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 9,713 | Çelik 8,744 | Yıldırım 6,915 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 9,825 | Çelik 8,768 | Yıldırım 6,954 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 9,884 | Çelik 8,802 | Yıldırım 7,035 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 9,983 | Çelik 8,858 | Yıldırım 7,123 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 10,025 | Çelik 8,870 | Yıldırım 7,130 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 10,021 | Çelik 8,853 | Yıldırım 7,138 |
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