Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 68

TÜİK · ADNKS 2024

The most common surnames in Aksaray 2024

The most common surname in Aksaray is Kılıç (4,302 people, 2024). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 4th in Aksaray. It is a close race: Öztürk in second place is only 152 people behind. Kılıç has led Aksaray every year since 2018.1

First place
Kılıç
People
4,3021
ADNKS 2024
Per 1,000
9.82
Kılıç
Population
439,4742
ADNKS 2024
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Aksaray, 2024

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Kılıç 4,302 9.8 13
02 Öztürk 4,150 9.4 8
03 Koçak 3,907 8.9 –
04 Yılmaz 3,756 8.5 1
05 Şahin 3,416 7.8 6
06 Doğan 3,340 7.6 12
07 Demir 3,184 7.2 3
08 Mutlu 3,137 7.1 –
09 Çelik 2,869 6.5 4
10 Yıldız 2,788 6.3 5
11 Kaya 2,748 6.3 2
12 Özdemir 2,483 5.6 10
13 Altınsoy 2,378 5.4 –
14 Dinç 2,300 5.2 –
15 Aslan 2,218 5.0 14
16 Tosun 2,036 4.6 –
17 Koç 2,023 4.6 18
18 Kara 1,980 4.5 16
19 Çetin 1,961 4.5 15
20 Koyuncu 1,907 4.3 –
21 Yıldırım 1,769 4.0 7
22 Aydın 1,579 3.6 9
23 Köse 1,561 3.6 –
24 Çelebi 1,542 3.5 –
25 Ozbek 1,525 3.5 –
26 Er 1,463 3.3 –
27 Sarıkaya 1,426 3.2 –
28 Çalışkan 1,424 3.2 –
29 Altan 1,414 3.2 –
30 Ünlü 1,408 3.2 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2024, 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 Aksaray’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 439,474 in 2024, about 9.8 in every 1,000 people in Aksaray are called Kılıç. The 30 listed surnames together cover 71,994 people, 16.4% of the population.1,2

Aksaray lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 6.6% between 2018 and 2024.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 410 k 420 k 430 k 440 k 2018201920202021202220232024 412,172 416,367 423,011 429,069 433,055 438,504 439,474 TÜİK · ADNKS 410 k 420 k 430 k 440 k ’18’20’22’24 412,172 416,367 423,011 429,069 433,055 438,504 439,474
Population of Aksaray, 2018–2024 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AnkaraAnkara: Yılmaz leads (88,152 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 12th there with 36,013.
  • KırşehirKırşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,504 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 7th there with 2,564.
  • KonyaKonya: Yılmaz leads (24,581 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 17th there with 9,315.
  • NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,685 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 14th there with 1,406.
  • NiğdeNiğde: Yılmaz leads (5,312 people); Kılıç, first in Aksaray, ranks 12th there with 2,057.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Aksaray’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Kılıç 4,001Öztürk 3,964Koçak 3,671
2019 Kılıç 4,098Öztürk 4,021Koçak 3,719
2020 Kılıç 4,172Öztürk 4,087Koçak 3,773
2021 Kılıç 4,234Öztürk 4,109Koçak 3,832
2022 Kılıç 4,268Öztürk 4,134Koçak 3,858
2023 Kılıç 4,284Öztürk 4,189Koçak 3,902
2024 Kılıç 4,302Öztürk 4,150Koçak 3,907
2025 Kılıç 4,340Öztürk 4,161Koçak 3,914

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