Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Marmara Region·Code 10

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Balıkesir

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Balıkesir is Yılmaz: 14,345 people in 2025. Kaya is second with 10,079. Yılmaz has led Balıkesir every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
14,3451
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
11.22
Yılmaz
Population
1,284,5172
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Balıkesir, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 14,345 11.2 1
02 Kaya 10,079 7.8 2
03 Demir 9,784 7.6 3
04 Yıldız 9,442 7.4 5
05 Özdemir 8,644 6.7 10
06 Şahin 7,738 6.0 6
07 Çelik 7,474 5.8 4
08 Yıldırım 7,456 5.8 7
09 Aydın 7,366 5.7 9
10 Çetin 7,307 5.7 15
11 Çakır 6,739 5.2 24
12 Arslan 6,463 5.0 11
13 Öztürk 6,293 4.9 8
14 Kurt 5,546 4.3 17
15 Şen 5,365 4.2 –
16 Koç 5,321 4.1 18
17 Aslan 5,038 3.9 14
18 Can 4,990 3.9 27
19 Avcı 4,927 3.8 –
20 Doğan 4,643 3.6 12
21 Özkan 4,620 3.6 22
22 Deniz 4,539 3.5 –
23 Özcan 4,514 3.5 25
24 Kılıç 4,506 3.5 13
25 Acar 4,362 3.4 28
26 Korkmaz 4,354 3.4 21
27 Işık 4,291 3.3 –
28 Duman 3,843 3.0 –
29 Kara 3,732 2.9 16
30 Bozkurt 3,656 2.8 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, 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 Balıkesir’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 1,284,517 in 2025, about 11.2 in every 1,000 people in Balıkesir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 187,377 people, 14.6% of the population.1,2

Balıkesir lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 4.7% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 1.22 m 1.24 m 1.26 m 1.28 m 20182019202020212022202320242025 1,226,575 1,228,620 1,240,285 1,250,610 1,257,590 1,273,519 1,276,096 1,284,517 TÜİK · ADNKS 1.22 m 1.24 m 1.26 m 1.28 m ’18’20’22’24’25 1,226,575 1,228,620 1,240,285 1,250,610 1,257,590 1,273,519 1,276,096 1,284,517
Population of Balıkesir, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • BursaBursa: also Yılmaz, with 46,316 people in 2025, 3.2 times as many as in Balıkesir.
  • ÇanakkaleÇanakkale: also Yılmaz, with 8,734 people in 2025, 61% of the figure in Balıkesir.
  • IzmirIzmir: also Yılmaz, with 53,751 people in 2025, 3.7 times as many as in Balıkesir.
  • KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,301 people in 2025, 44% of the figure in Balıkesir.
  • ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 18,997 people in 2025, 1.3 times as many as in Balıkesir.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Balıkesir’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 13,793Kaya 9,397Demir 8,973
2019 Yılmaz 13,797Kaya 9,357Demir 9,045
2020 Yılmaz 13,929Kaya 9,468Demir 9,176
2021 Yılmaz 13,963Kaya 9,550Demir 9,230
2022 Yılmaz 14,008Kaya 9,667Demir 9,382
2023 Yılmaz 14,160Kaya 9,809Demir 9,546
2024 Yılmaz 14,235Kaya 9,953Demir 9,628
2025 Yılmaz 14,345Kaya 10,079Demir 9,784

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