Province·Aegean Region·Code 03
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Afyonkarahisar is Yılmaz: 10,025 people in 2024. Çelik is second with 8,870. Yılmaz has led Afyonkarahisar every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Afyonkarahisar, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 10,025 | 13.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 8,870 | 11.8 | 4 |
| 03 | Yıldırım | 7,130 | 9.5 | 7 |
| 04 | Özdemir | 6,811 | 9.1 | 10 |
| 05 | Demir | 6,523 | 8.7 | 3 |
| 06 | Öztürk | 6,000 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 07 | Çetin | 5,243 | 7.0 | 15 |
| 08 | Şahin | 5,143 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 09 | Kaya | 4,690 | 6.3 | 2 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 4,655 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 11 | Arslan | 4,292 | 5.7 | 11 |
| 12 | Koç | 4,056 | 5.4 | 18 |
| 13 | Doğan | 3,659 | 4.9 | 12 |
| 14 | Aydın | 3,610 | 4.8 | 9 |
| 15 | Yavuz | 3,505 | 4.7 | 23 |
| 16 | Şen | 3,204 | 4.3 | – |
| 17 | Uysal | 3,201 | 4.3 | – |
| 18 | Özkan | 2,896 | 3.9 | 22 |
| 19 | Karakaya | 2,892 | 3.9 | – |
| 20 | Keskin | 2,812 | 3.7 | – |
| 21 | Özcan | 2,797 | 3.7 | 25 |
| 22 | Çınar | 2,788 | 3.7 | – |
| 23 | Çetinkaya | 2,739 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Çakır | 2,681 | 3.6 | 24 |
| 25 | Ceylan | 2,649 | 3.5 | – |
| 26 | Öz | 2,558 | 3.4 | – |
| 27 | Acar | 2,549 | 3.4 | 28 |
| 28 | Kaplan | 2,472 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Şimşek | 2,455 | 3.3 | 20 |
| 30 | Korkmaz | 2,353 | 3.1 | 21 |
How do these counts compare with Afyonkarahisar’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 750,193 in 2024, about 13.4 in every 1,000 people in Afyonkarahisar are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 125,258 people, 16.7% of the population.1,2
Afyonkarahisar lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.4% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 725,568 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 729,483 |
| 2020 | 736,912 |
| 2021 | 744,179 |
| 2022 | 747,555 |
| 2023 | 751,344 |
| 2024 | 750,193 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,410 people in 2024, 34% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,641 people in 2024, 1.3 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 12,252 people in 2024, 1.2 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,572 people in 2024, 66% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,581 people in 2024, 2.5 times as many as in Afyonkarahisar.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,280 people in 2024, 63% of the figure in Afyonkarahisar.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,748 people in 2024, 57% 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