Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 06
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Ankara 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Ankara is Yılmaz: 86,884 people in 2022. Şahin is second with 61,158. Yılmaz has led Ankara every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Ankara, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 86,884 | 15.0 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 61,158 | 10.6 | 6 |
| 03 | Yıldırım | 51,458 | 8.9 | 7 |
| 04 | Öztürk | 50,443 | 8.7 | 8 |
| 05 | Kaya | 49,953 | 8.6 | 2 |
| 06 | Demir | 46,161 | 8.0 | 3 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 45,903 | 7.9 | 10 |
| 08 | Çelik | 43,970 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 43,505 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 10 | Doğan | 40,139 | 6.9 | 12 |
| 11 | Arslan | 39,423 | 6.8 | 11 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 35,583 | 6.2 | 13 |
| 13 | Aydın | 33,815 | 5.8 | 9 |
| 14 | Ünal | 27,788 | 4.8 | – |
| 15 | Erdoğan | 24,533 | 4.2 | 26 |
| 16 | Koç | 24,525 | 4.2 | 18 |
| 17 | Çetin | 21,739 | 3.8 | 15 |
| 18 | Özkan | 21,456 | 3.7 | 22 |
| 19 | Şimşek | 21,451 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 20 | Aslan | 21,113 | 3.7 | 14 |
| 21 | Koçak | 18,826 | 3.3 | – |
| 22 | Özcan | 18,480 | 3.2 | 25 |
| 23 | Yalçın | 17,747 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | Aktaş | 17,034 | 2.9 | 30 |
| 25 | Yüksel | 16,749 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Polat | 16,627 | 2.9 | 19 |
| 27 | Kara | 16,565 | 2.9 | 16 |
| 28 | Güler | 15,394 | 2.7 | – |
| 29 | Çakır | 14,811 | 2.6 | 24 |
| 30 | Kaplan | 13,849 | 2.4 | – |
How do these counts compare with Ankara’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 5,782,285 in 2022, about 15.0 in every 1,000 people in Ankara are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 957,082 people, 16.6% of the population.1,2
Ankara lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.1% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 5,503,985 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 5,639,076 |
| 2020 | 5,663,322 |
| 2021 | 5,747,325 |
| 2022 | 5,782,285 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,268 people); Yılmaz, first in Ankara, ranks 4th there with 3,634.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 5,943 people in 2022, 7% of the figure in Ankara.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,483 people in 2022, 3% of the figure in Ankara.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 11,995 people in 2022, 14% of the figure in Ankara.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: also Yılmaz, with 2,825 people in 2022, 3% of the figure in Ankara.
- KırşehirKırşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,459 people in 2022, 5% of the figure in Ankara.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,185 people in 2022, 28% of the figure in Ankara.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Ankara’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 83,212 | Şahin 57,665 | Yıldırım 48,683 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 84,764 | Şahin 58,855 | Yıldırım 49,680 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 85,520 | Şahin 59,558 | Yıldırım 50,161 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 86,270 | Şahin 60,500 | Yıldırım 50,949 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 86,884 | Şahin 61,158 | Yıldırım 51,458 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 87,249 | Şahin 61,014 | Yıldırım 51,658 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 88,152 | Şahin 61,942 | Yıldırım 52,257 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 88,766 | Şahin 62,512 | Yıldırım 52,576 |
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