Province·Aegean Region·Code 09
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Aydın
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Aydın is Yılmaz: 12,591 people in 2025. Kaya is second with 10,652. Yılmaz has led Aydın every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Aydın, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,591 | 10.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 10,652 | 9.1 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 10,450 | 8.9 | 3 |
| 04 | Çelik | 9,082 | 7.7 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 8,248 | 7.0 | 7 |
| 06 | Aydın | 8,118 | 6.9 | 9 |
| 07= | Öztürk | 7,759 | 6.6 | 8 |
| 07= | Yıldız | 7,759 | 6.6 | 5 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 7,620 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 09 | Şahin | 6,484 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 10 | Çetin | 5,821 | 5.0 | 15 |
| 11 | Arslan | 5,805 | 5.0 | 11 |
| 12 | Doğan | 4,476 | 3.8 | 12 |
| 13 | Özkan | 4,183 | 3.6 | 22 |
| 14 | Özcan | 3,989 | 3.4 | 25 |
| 15 | Acar | 3,947 | 3.4 | 28 |
| 16 | Şimşek | 3,726 | 3.2 | 20 |
| 17 | Kılıç | 3,701 | 3.2 | 13 |
| 18 | Güler | 3,669 | 3.1 | – |
| 19 | Avcı | 3,569 | 3.0 | – |
| 20 | Aslan | 3,555 | 3.0 | 14 |
| 21 | Can | 3,451 | 2.9 | 27 |
| 22 | Aktaş | 3,319 | 2.8 | 30 |
| 23 | Çoban | 3,242 | 2.8 | – |
| 24 | Koç | 3,177 | 2.7 | 18 |
| 25 | Uysal | 3,116 | 2.7 | – |
| 26 | Kurt | 3,063 | 2.6 | 17 |
| 27 | Korkmaz | 2,987 | 2.5 | 21 |
| 28 | Çakır | 2,916 | 2.5 | 24 |
| 29 | Özer | 2,904 | 2.5 | – |
| 30 | Tosun | 2,784 | 2.4 | – |
How do these counts compare with Aydın’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,172,107 in 2025, about 10.7 in every 1,000 people in Aydın are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 166,163 people, 14.2% of the population.1,2
Aydın lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 6.8% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 1,097,746 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,110,972 |
| 2020 | 1,119,084 |
| 2021 | 1,134,031 |
| 2022 | 1,148,241 |
| 2023 | 1,161,702 |
| 2024 | 1,165,943 |
| 2025 | 1,172,107 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,744 people in 2025, almost exactly as many as in Aydın.
- IzmirIzmir: also Yılmaz, with 53,751 people in 2025, 4.3 times as many as in Aydın.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 18,997 people in 2025, 1.5 times as many as in Aydın.
- MuğlaMuğla: also Yılmaz, with 13,977 people in 2025, 1.1 times as many as in Aydın.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Aydın’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 11,922 | Demir 9,733 | Kaya 9,720 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 12,041 | Demir 9,840 | Kaya 9,835 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 12,076 | Demir 9,887 | Kaya 9,872 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 12,290 | Kaya 10,035 | Demir 10,031 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 12,401 | Kaya 10,253 | Demir 10,221 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 12,524 | Demir 10,443 | Kaya 10,438 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 12,563 | Kaya 10,507 | Demir 10,472 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 12,591 | Kaya 10,652 | Demir 10,450 |
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