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TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Balıkesir 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Balıkesir is Yılmaz: 13,793 people in 2018. Kaya is second with 9,397. Yılmaz has led Balıkesir every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Balıkesir, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 13,793 | 11.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 9,397 | 7.7 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 8,973 | 7.3 | 3 |
| 04 | Yıldız | 8,928 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 8,210 | 6.7 | 10 |
| 06 | Şahin | 7,221 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 07 | Çetin | 7,179 | 5.9 | 15 |
| 08 | Yıldırım | 6,978 | 5.7 | 7 |
| 09 | Çelik | 6,925 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 10 | Aydın | 6,892 | 5.6 | 9 |
| 11 | Çakır | 6,715 | 5.5 | 23 |
| 12 | Arslan | 5,976 | 4.9 | 11 |
| 13 | Öztürk | 5,836 | 4.8 | 8 |
| 14 | Kurt | 5,351 | 4.4 | 17 |
| 15 | Şen | 5,298 | 4.3 | – |
| 16 | Koç | 5,033 | 4.1 | 18 |
| 17 | Avcı | 4,990 | 4.1 | – |
| 18 | Can | 4,843 | 3.9 | 27 |
| 19 | Aslan | 4,796 | 3.9 | 14 |
| 20 | Özkan | 4,502 | 3.7 | 22 |
| 21 | Deniz | 4,478 | 3.7 | – |
| 22 | Özcan | 4,339 | 3.5 | 24 |
| 23 | Işık | 4,258 | 3.5 | – |
| 24 | Acar | 4,228 | 3.4 | 28 |
| 25 | Doğan | 4,189 | 3.4 | 12 |
| 26 | Kılıç | 4,134 | 3.4 | 13 |
| 27 | Korkmaz | 4,005 | 3.3 | 21 |
| 28 | Duman | 3,766 | 3.1 | – |
| 29 | Karaca | 3,569 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Kara | 3,531 | 2.9 | 16 |
How do these counts compare with Balıkesir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,226,575 in 2018, about 11.2 in every 1,000 people in Balıkesir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 178,333 people, 14.5% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BursaBursa: also Yılmaz, with 43,526 people in 2018, 3.2 times as many as in Balıkesir.
- ÇanakkaleÇanakkale: also Yılmaz, with 8,369 people in 2018, 61% of the figure in Balıkesir.
- IzmirIzmir: also Yılmaz, with 51,793 people in 2018, 3.8 times as many as in Balıkesir.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,272 people in 2018, 45% of the figure in Balıkesir.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 18,471 people in 2018, 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?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 13,793 | Kaya 9,397 | Demir 8,973 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 13,797 | Kaya 9,357 | Demir 9,045 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 13,929 | Kaya 9,468 | Demir 9,176 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 13,963 | Kaya 9,550 | Demir 9,230 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 14,008 | Kaya 9,667 | Demir 9,382 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 14,160 | Kaya 9,809 | Demir 9,546 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 14,235 | Kaya 9,953 | Demir 9,628 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 14,345 | Kaya 10,079 | Demir 9,784 |
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