Province·Marmara Region·Code 11
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Bilecik 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Bilecik is Yılmaz: 3,352 people in 2024. Kaya is second with 2,589. Yılmaz has led Bilecik every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bilecik, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 3,352 | 14.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 2,589 | 11.3 | 2 |
| 03 | Çelik | 2,465 | 10.8 | 4 |
| 04 | Demir | 2,424 | 10.6 | 3 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 1,932 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 06 | Şahin | 1,913 | 8.4 | 6 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 1,757 | 7.7 | 5 |
| 08 | Öztürk | 1,703 | 7.5 | 8 |
| 09 | Aydın | 1,679 | 7.3 | 9 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 1,376 | 6.0 | 10 |
| 11 | Çakır | 1,177 | 5.2 | 24 |
| 12 | Ünal | 1,175 | 5.1 | – |
| 13 | Arslan | 1,159 | 5.1 | 11 |
| 14 | Kara | 1,058 | 4.6 | 16 |
| 15 | Çetin | 1,013 | 4.4 | 15 |
| 16 | Can | 986 | 4.3 | 27 |
| 17 | Özkan | 955 | 4.2 | 22 |
| 18 | Doğan | 933 | 4.1 | 12 |
| 19 | Kılıç | 927 | 4.1 | 13 |
| 20 | Güven | 903 | 4.0 | – |
| 21 | Kurt | 898 | 3.9 | 17 |
| 22 | Uysal | 861 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Şen | 798 | 3.5 | – |
| 24 | Köse | 790 | 3.5 | – |
| 25 | Avcı | 782 | 3.4 | – |
| 26 | Turan | 779 | 3.4 | – |
| 27 | Keskin | 761 | 3.3 | – |
| 28 | Sarı | 750 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Özcan | 710 | 3.1 | 25 |
| 30 | Yavuz | 707 | 3.1 | 23 |
How do these counts compare with Bilecik’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 228,495 in 2024, about 14.7 in every 1,000 people in Bilecik are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 39,312 people, 17.2% of the population.1,2
Bilecik lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.3% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 223,448 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 219,427 |
| 2020 | 218,717 |
| 2021 | 228,334 |
| 2022 | 228,673 |
| 2023 | 228,058 |
| 2024 | 228,495 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,122 people in 2024, 1.8 times as many as in Bilecik.
- BursaBursa: also Yılmaz, with 46,156 people in 2024, 13.8 times as many as in Bilecik.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 12,252 people in 2024, 3.7 times as many as in Bilecik.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,280 people in 2024, 1.9 times as many as in Bilecik.
- SakaryaSakarya: also Yılmaz, with 17,390 people in 2024, 5.2 times as many as in Bilecik.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Bilecik’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 3,260 | Kaya 2,486 | Çelik 2,402 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 3,261 | Kaya 2,419 | Çelik 2,366 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 3,258 | Kaya 2,464 | Çelik 2,337 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 3,404 | Kaya 2,587 | Çelik 2,414 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 3,432 | Kaya 2,623 | Çelik 2,457 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 3,366 | Kaya 2,591 | Çelik 2,475 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 3,352 | Kaya 2,589 | Çelik 2,465 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 3,322 | Kaya 2,574 | Çelik 2,491 |
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