Province·Aegean Region·Code 03
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Afyonkarahisar is Yılmaz: 9,825 people in 2021. Çelik is second with 8,768. Yılmaz has led Afyonkarahisar every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 9,825 | 13.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 8,768 | 11.8 | 4 |
| 03 | Yıldırım | 6,954 | 9.3 | 7 |
| 04 | Özdemir | 6,753 | 9.1 | 10 |
| 05 | Demir | 6,340 | 8.5 | 3 |
| 06 | Öztürk | 6,055 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 07 | Çetin | 5,230 | 7.0 | 15 |
| 08 | Şahin | 5,137 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 4,657 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 10 | Kaya | 4,585 | 6.2 | 2 |
| 11 | Arslan | 4,293 | 5.8 | 11 |
| 12 | Koç | 4,004 | 5.4 | 18 |
| 13 | Doğan | 3,657 | 4.9 | 12 |
| 14 | Aydın | 3,506 | 4.7 | 9 |
| 15 | Yavuz | 3,476 | 4.7 | 24 |
| 16 | Uysal | 3,170 | 4.3 | – |
| 17 | Şen | 3,135 | 4.2 | – |
| 18 | Karakaya | 2,842 | 3.8 | – |
| 19 | Özkan | 2,833 | 3.8 | 22 |
| 20 | Keskin | 2,777 | 3.7 | – |
| 21 | Çınar | 2,757 | 3.7 | – |
| 22 | Çakır | 2,739 | 3.7 | 23 |
| 23 | Özcan | 2,729 | 3.7 | 25 |
| 24 | Çetinkaya | 2,665 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Ceylan | 2,580 | 3.5 | – |
| 26 | Acar | 2,527 | 3.4 | 28 |
| 27 | Öz | 2,470 | 3.3 | – |
| 28 | Kaplan | 2,436 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Şimşek | 2,392 | 3.2 | 20 |
| 30 | Korkmaz | 2,335 | 3.1 | 21 |
How do these counts compare with Afyonkarahisar’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 744,179 in 2021, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Afyonkarahisar are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 123,627 people, 16.6% of the population.1,2
Afyonkarahisar lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.6% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 725,568 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 729,483 |
| 2020 | 736,912 |
| 2021 | 744,179 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,439 people in 2021, 35% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,487 people in 2021, 1.3 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 11,867 people in 2021, 1.2 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,543 people in 2021, 67% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 23,987 people in 2021, 2.4 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,330 people in 2021, 64% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,665 people in 2021, 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