Province·Black Sea Region·Code 08

TÜİK · ADNKS 2020

The most common surnames in Artvin 2020

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Artvin is Yılmaz: 4,521 people in 2020. It leads by a wide margin, 1.9 times as many bearers as Aydın in second place. Yılmaz has led Artvin every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
4,5211
ADNKS 2020
Per 1,000
26.72
Yılmaz
Population
169,5012
ADNKS 2020
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Artvin, 2020

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 4,521 26.7 1
02 Aydın 2,379 14.0 9
03 Çelik 2,275 13.4 4
04 Yıldırım 2,182 12.9 7
05 Öztürk 2,059 12.1 8
06 Yıldız 1,619 9.6 5
07 Demir 1,502 8.9 3
08 Kaya 1,471 8.7 2
09 Altun 1,417 8.4 –
10 Şahin 1,385 8.2 6
11 Yazıcı 1,203 7.1 –
12 Şimşek 1,201 7.1 20
13 Ustabaş 1,191 7.0 –
14 Özdemir 1,190 7.0 10
15 Durmuş 1,160 6.8 –
16 Demirci 1,149 6.8 –
17 Kara 1,079 6.4 16
18 Arslan 1,012 6.0 11
19 Keskin 921 5.4 –
20 Topal 912 5.4 –
21 Özkan 900 5.3 22
22 Uzun 893 5.3 –
23 Kılıç 827 4.9 13
24 Avcı 810 4.8 –
25 Genç 799 4.7 –
26 Gümüş 798 4.7 –
27 Çakır 774 4.6 23
28 Balcı 732 4.3 –
29 Alkan 711 4.2 –
30 Şentürk 708 4.2 –
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 Artvin’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 169,501 in 2020, about 26.7 in every 1,000 people in Artvin are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 39,780 people, 23.5% of the population.1,2

Artvin lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.6% between 2018 and 2020.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 170 k 172 k 174 k 201820192020 174,010 170,875 169,501 TÜİK · ADNKS 170 k 172 k 174 k ’18’20 174,010 170,875 169,501
Population of Artvin, 2018–2020 Vertical axis does not start at zero.
Population of Artvin, 2018–2020
2018174,010
2019170,875
2020169,501

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • ArdahanArdahan: also Yılmaz, with 3,087 people in 2020, 68% of the figure in Artvin.
  • ErzurumErzurum: also Yılmaz, with 10,909 people in 2020, 2.4 times as many as in Artvin.
  • RizeRize: also Yılmaz, with 8,754 people in 2020, 1.9 times as many as in Artvin.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Artvin’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 4,643Aydın 2,399Çelik 2,361
2019 Yılmaz 4,559Aydın 2,351Çelik 2,323
2020 Yılmaz 4,521Aydın 2,379Çelik 2,275
2021 Yılmaz 4,539Aydın 2,356Çelik 2,279
2022 Yılmaz 4,575Aydın 2,297Çelik 2,272
2023 Yılmaz 4,679Aydın 2,371Çelik 2,294
2024 Yılmaz 4,576Aydın 2,327Çelik 2,251
2025 Yılmaz 4,504Aydın 2,310Çelik 2,221

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