Province·Mediterranean Region·Code 07

TÜİK · ADNKS 2020

The most common surnames in Antalya 2020

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Antalya is Yılmaz: 38,259 people in 2020. Kaya is second with 25,148. Yılmaz has led Antalya every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
38,2591
ADNKS 2020
Per 1,000
15.02
Yılmaz
Population
2,548,3082
ADNKS 2020
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Antalya, 2020

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 38,259 15.0 1
02 Kaya 25,148 9.9 2
03 Çelik 23,406 9.2 4
04 Demir 23,291 9.1 3
05 Şahin 22,010 8.6 6
06 Yıldırım 19,926 7.8 7
07 Yıldız 19,106 7.5 5
08 Çetin 17,264 6.8 15
09 Özdemir 16,705 6.6 10
10 Öztürk 14,958 5.9 8
11 Arslan 14,739 5.8 11
12 Doğan 13,941 5.5 12
13 Aydın 13,081 5.1 9
14 Uysal 10,375 4.1 –
15 Şimşek 10,354 4.1 20
16 Kara 9,917 3.9 16
17 Ünal 9,809 3.8 –
18 Aslan 9,020 3.5 14
19 Özkan 9,012 3.5 22
20 Erdoğan 8,630 3.4 26
21 Acar 8,514 3.3 28
22 Kaplan 8,209 3.2 –
23 Kurt 7,647 3.0 17
24 Sarı 7,500 2.9 –
25 Yavuz 7,448 2.9 24
26 Koç 7,304 2.9 18
27 Şen 7,250 2.8 –
28 Aksoy 7,242 2.8 –
29 Kılıç 7,235 2.8 13
30 Özcan 7,203 2.8 25
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2020, 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 Antalya’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 2,548,308 in 2020, about 15.0 in every 1,000 people in Antalya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 404,503 people, 15.9% of the population.1,2

Antalya lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.0% between 2018 and 2020.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 2.45 m 2.5 m 2.55 m 201820192020 2,426,356 2,511,700 2,548,308 TÜİK · ADNKS 2.45 m 2.5 m 2.55 m ’18’20 2,426,356 2,511,700 2,548,308
Population of Antalya, 2018–2020 Vertical axis does not start at zero.
Population of Antalya, 2018–2020
20182,426,356
20192,511,700
20202,548,308

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,310 people in 2020, 9% of the figure in Antalya.
  • IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,539 people in 2020, 17% of the figure in Antalya.
  • KaramanKaraman: also Yılmaz, with 3,367 people in 2020, 9% of the figure in Antalya.
  • KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 23,679 people in 2020, 62% of the figure in Antalya.
  • MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 25,278 people in 2020, 66% of the figure in Antalya.
  • MuğlaMuğla: also Yılmaz, with 12,724 people in 2020, 33% of the figure in Antalya.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Antalya’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 36,865Kaya 23,987Çelik 22,494
2019 Yılmaz 37,646Kaya 24,731Çelik 22,866
2020 Yılmaz 38,259Kaya 25,148Çelik 23,406
2021 Yılmaz 38,478Kaya 25,493Demir 23,735
2022 Yılmaz 38,917Kaya 25,921Demir 24,045
2023 Yılmaz 39,425Kaya 26,499Demir 24,572
2024 Yılmaz 39,823Kaya 27,034Demir 24,959
2025 Yılmaz 40,245Kaya 27,549Demir 25,471

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