Province·Aegean Region·Code 03

TÜİK · ADNKS 2020

The most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar 2020

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Afyonkarahisar is Yılmaz: 9,713 people in 2020. Çelik is second with 8,744. Yılmaz has led Afyonkarahisar every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
9,7131
ADNKS 2020
Per 1,000
13.22
Yılmaz
Population
736,9122
ADNKS 2020
Surnames listed
301

Which surnames are most common in Afyonkarahisar in 2020?

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 9,713 13.2 1
02 Çelik 8,744 11.9 4
03 Yıldırım 6,915 9.4 7
04 Özdemir 6,730 9.1 10
05 Demir 6,273 8.5 3
06 Öztürk 6,044 8.2 8
07 Çetin 5,273 7.2 15
08 Şahin 5,091 6.9 6
09 Yıldız 4,566 6.2 5
10 Kaya 4,488 6.1 2
11 Arslan 4,260 5.8 11
12 Koç 4,020 5.5 18
13 Doğan 3,598 4.9 12
14 Aydın 3,477 4.7 9
15 Yavuz 3,415 4.6 24
16 Uysal 3,216 4.4 –
17 Şen 3,131 4.2 –
18 Özkan 2,815 3.8 22
19 Karakaya 2,802 3.8 –
20 Keskin 2,776 3.8 –
21 Çınar 2,764 3.8 –
22 Çakır 2,703 3.7 23
23 Özcan 2,674 3.6 25
24 Çetinkaya 2,614 3.5 –
25 Ceylan 2,582 3.5 –
26 Acar 2,518 3.4 28
27 Öz 2,482 3.4 –
28 Kaplan 2,437 3.3 –
29 Şimşek 2,394 3.2 20
30 Korkmaz 2,284 3.1 21
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2020, 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 Afyonkarahisar’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 736,912 in 2020, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Afyonkarahisar are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 122,799 people, 16.7% of the population.1,2

Afyonkarahisar lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.6% between 2018 and 2020.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 725 k 730 k 735 k 201820192020 725,568 729,483 736,912 TÜİK · ADNKS 725 k 730 k 735 k ’18’20 725,568 729,483 736,912
Population of Afyonkarahisar, 2018–2020 Vertical axis does not start at zero.
Population of Afyonkarahisar, 2018–2020
2018725,568
2019729,483
2020736,912

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

Province1.2.3.
BurdurYılmaz3,310Çelik2,881Kaya2,657
DenizliYılmaz12,387Yıldırım8,156Kaya7,283
EskişehirYılmaz11,731Kaya7,978Demir7,144
IspartaYılmaz6,539Çelik5,854Kaya4,930
KonyaYılmaz23,679Çelik17,103Kaya16,709
KütahyaYılmaz6,365Demir5,240Öztürk5,186
UşakYılmaz5,632Kaya4,578Yıldırım4,234
  • BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,310 people in 2020, 34% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
  • DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,387 people in 2020, 1.3 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
  • EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 11,731 people in 2020, 1.2 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
  • IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,539 people in 2020, 67% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
  • KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 23,679 people in 2020, 2.4 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
  • KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,365 people in 2020, 66% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
  • UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,632 people in 2020, 58% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Afyonkarahisar’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 9,566Çelik 8,551Yıldırım 6,826
2019 Yılmaz 9,540Çelik 8,609Yıldırım 6,849
2020 Yılmaz 9,713Çelik 8,744Yıldırım 6,915

Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Aegean Region?

Adding the published 2020 lists of the 8 provinces in the same region as Afyonkarahisar puts Yılmaz first.

SurnameSum of listed countsProvince lists
Yılmaz130,2368
Kaya93,2958
Demir86,7948
Çelik81,4368
Yıldırım78,9768
Yıldız70,4998
Öztürk69,6088
Özdemir68,5098

Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1

What changed in Afyonkarahisar between 2019 and 2020?

In Afyonkarahisar’s top 30 list between 2019 and 2020, no new surname entered; 0 moved up, 0 moved down and 30 kept their rank.

Surname20192020Count change
Yılmaz11+173
Çelik22+135
Yıldırım33+66
Özdemir44+69
Demir55+31
Öztürk66+45
Çetin77+3
Şahin88+100
Yıldız99+5
Kaya1010−2
Arslan1111+40
Koç1212−9
Doğan1313+78
Aydın1414+5
Yavuz1515−31
Uysal1616+27
Şen1717+59
Özkan1818+21
Karakaya1919+11
Keskin2020−1
Çınar2121+41
Çakır2222−2
Özcan2323+25
Çetinkaya2424+5
Ceylan2525+58
Acar2626+32
Öz2727+28
Kaplan2828+6
Şimşek2929+7
Korkmaz3030+32

Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.

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