Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 68
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Aksaray 2020
The most common surname in Aksaray is Kılıç (4,172 people, 2020). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 4th in Aksaray. It is a close race: Öztürk in second place is only 85 people behind. Kılıç has led Aksaray every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kılıç
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Aksaray, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kılıç | 4,172 | 9.9 | 13 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 4,087 | 9.7 | 8 |
| 03 | Koçak | 3,773 | 8.9 | – |
| 04 | Yılmaz | 3,548 | 8.4 | 1 |
| 05 | Şahin | 3,246 | 7.7 | 6 |
| 06 | Doğan | 3,220 | 7.6 | 12 |
| 07 | Demir | 3,125 | 7.4 | 3 |
| 08 | Mutlu | 3,043 | 7.2 | – |
| 09 | Çelik | 2,806 | 6.6 | 4 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 2,726 | 6.4 | 5 |
| 11 | Kaya | 2,633 | 6.2 | 2 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 2,359 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 13 | Altınsoy | 2,280 | 5.4 | – |
| 14 | Dinç | 2,245 | 5.3 | – |
| 15 | Aslan | 2,115 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 16 | Koç | 2,029 | 4.8 | 18 |
| 17 | Tosun | 1,936 | 4.6 | – |
| 18 | Kara | 1,904 | 4.5 | 16 |
| 19 | Çetin | 1,869 | 4.4 | 15 |
| 20 | Koyuncu | 1,858 | 4.4 | – |
| 21 | Yıldırım | 1,695 | 4.0 | 7 |
| 22 | Ozbek | 1,549 | 3.7 | – |
| 23 | Köse | 1,527 | 3.6 | – |
| 24 | Aydın | 1,512 | 3.6 | 9 |
| 25 | Çelebi | 1,481 | 3.5 | – |
| 26 | Er | 1,446 | 3.4 | – |
| 27 | Sarıkaya | 1,403 | 3.3 | – |
| 28 | Altan | 1,385 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Coşkun | 1,365 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Çalışkan | 1,359 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Aksaray’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 423,011 in 2020, about 9.9 in every 1,000 people in Aksaray are called Kılıç. The 30 listed surnames together cover 69,696 people, 16.5% of the population.1,2
Aksaray lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.6% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 412,172 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 416,367 |
| 2020 | 423,011 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AnkaraAnkara: Yılmaz leads (85,520 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 12th there with 34,890.
- KırşehirKırşehir: Şahin leads (4,443 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 6th there with 2,591.
- KonyaKonya: Yılmaz leads (23,679 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 18th there with 8,784.
- NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,469 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 15th there with 1,316.
- NiğdeNiğde: Yılmaz leads (5,164 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 12th there with 2,049.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Aksaray’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kılıç 4,001 | Öztürk 3,964 | Koçak 3,671 |
| 2019 | Kılıç 4,098 | Öztürk 4,021 | Koçak 3,719 |
| 2020 | Kılıç 4,172 | Öztürk 4,087 | Koçak 3,773 |
| 2021 | Kılıç 4,234 | Öztürk 4,109 | Koçak 3,832 |
| 2022 | Kılıç 4,268 | Öztürk 4,134 | Koçak 3,858 |
| 2023 | Kılıç 4,284 | Öztürk 4,189 | Koçak 3,902 |
| 2024 | Kılıç 4,302 | Öztürk 4,150 | Koçak 3,907 |
| 2025 | Kılıç 4,340 | Öztürk 4,161 | Koçak 3,914 |
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