Province·Aegean Region·Code 03

TÜİK · ADNKS 2022

The most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar 2022

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Afyonkarahisar is Yılmaz: 9,884 people in 2022. Çelik is second with 8,802. Yılmaz has led Afyonkarahisar every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
9,8841
ADNKS 2022
Per 1,000
13.22
Yılmaz
Population
747,5552
ADNKS 2022
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar, 2022

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 9,884 13.2 1
02 Çelik 8,802 11.8 4
03 Yıldırım 7,035 9.4 7
04 Özdemir 6,824 9.1 10
05 Demir 6,414 8.6 3
06 Öztürk 6,018 8.1 8
07 Çetin 5,217 7.0 15
08 Şahin 5,158 6.9 6
09 Yıldız 4,661 6.2 5
10 Kaya 4,647 6.2 2
11 Arslan 4,234 5.7 11
12 Koç 4,046 5.4 18
13 Doğan 3,665 4.9 12
14 Aydın 3,518 4.7 9
15 Yavuz 3,466 4.6 23
16 Uysal 3,180 4.3 –
17 Şen 3,158 4.2 –
18 Özkan 2,878 3.8 22
19 Karakaya 2,859 3.8 –
20 Çınar 2,778 3.7 –
21 Keskin 2,753 3.7 –
22 Özcan 2,732 3.7 25
23 Çakır 2,713 3.6 24
24 Çetinkaya 2,658 3.6 –
25 Ceylan 2,581 3.5 –
26 Öz 2,530 3.4 –
27 Acar 2,527 3.4 28
28 Kaplan 2,421 3.2 –
29 Şimşek 2,415 3.2 20
30 Korkmaz 2,336 3.1 21
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2022, 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 747,555 in 2022, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Afyonkarahisar are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 124,108 people, 16.6% of the population.1,2

Afyonkarahisar lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.0% between 2018 and 2022.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 730 k 740 k 750 k 20182019202020212022 725,568 729,483 736,912 744,179 747,555 TÜİK · ADNKS 730 k 740 k 750 k ’18’20’22 725,568 729,483 736,912 744,179 747,555
Population of Afyonkarahisar, 2018–2022 Vertical axis does not start at zero.
Population of Afyonkarahisar, 2018–2022
2018725,568
2019729,483
2020736,912
2021744,179
2022747,555

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,430 people in 2022, 35% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
  • DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,590 people in 2022, 1.3 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
  • EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 11,995 people in 2022, 1.2 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
  • IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,524 people in 2022, 66% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
  • KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,185 people in 2022, 2.4 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
  • KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,313 people in 2022, 64% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
  • UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,701 people in 2022, 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
2021 Yılmaz 9,825Çelik 8,768Yıldırım 6,954
2022 Yılmaz 9,884Çelik 8,802Yıldırım 7,035
2023 Yılmaz 9,983Çelik 8,858Yıldırım 7,123
2024 Yılmaz 10,025Çelik 8,870Yıldırım 7,130
2025 Yılmaz 10,021Çelik 8,853Yıldırım 7,138

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