Province·Black Sea Region·Code 14
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Bolu 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Bolu is Yılmaz: 5,943 people in 2022. Öztürk is second with 4,307. Yılmaz has led Bolu every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bolu, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 5,943 | 18.5 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 4,307 | 13.4 | 8 |
| 03 | Özdemir | 3,669 | 11.4 | 10 |
| 04 | Özcan | 2,674 | 8.3 | 25 |
| 05 | Yıldız | 2,653 | 8.3 | 5 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,614 | 8.1 | 3 |
| 07 | Çelik | 2,503 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 08 | Arslan | 2,486 | 7.7 | 11 |
| 09 | Aydın | 2,205 | 6.9 | 9 |
| 10 | Yaman | 2,166 | 6.8 | – |
| 11 | Yıldırım | 2,086 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 12 | Kaya | 1,920 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 13 | Güler | 1,766 | 5.5 | – |
| 14 | Özkan | 1,741 | 5.4 | 22 |
| 15 | Acar | 1,715 | 5.3 | 28 |
| 16 | Çetin | 1,705 | 5.3 | 15 |
| 17 | Çakır | 1,659 | 5.2 | 24 |
| 18 | Şahin | 1,618 | 5.0 | 6 |
| 19 | Erdoğan | 1,575 | 4.9 | 26 |
| 20 | Yerlikaya | 1,226 | 3.8 | – |
| 21 | Şen | 1,170 | 3.6 | – |
| 22 | Doğan | 1,146 | 3.6 | 12 |
| 23 | Yalçın | 1,098 | 3.4 | – |
| 24 | Gülen | 1,065 | 3.3 | – |
| 25 | Özçelik | 1,058 | 3.3 | – |
| 26 | Bulut | 1,044 | 3.3 | – |
| 27 | Can | 1,041 | 3.2 | 27 |
| 28 | Aydemir | 1,020 | 3.2 | – |
| 29 | Özer | 932 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Aktaş | 922 | 2.9 | 30 |
How do these counts compare with Bolu’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 320,824 in 2022, about 18.5 in every 1,000 people in Bolu are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 58,727 people, 18.3% of the population.1,2
Bolu lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.9% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 311,810 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 316,126 |
| 2020 | 314,802 |
| 2021 | 320,014 |
| 2022 | 320,824 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 86,884 people in 2022, 14.6 times as many as in Bolu.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,432 people in 2022, 58% of the figure in Bolu.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,483 people in 2022, 42% of the figure in Bolu.
- DüzceDüzce: also Yılmaz, with 7,857 people in 2022, 1.3 times as many as in Bolu.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 11,995 people in 2022, 2.0 times as many as in Bolu.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,901 people in 2022, 82% of the figure in Bolu.
- SakaryaSakarya: also Yılmaz, with 16,913 people in 2022, 2.8 times as many as in Bolu.
- ZonguldakZonguldak: also Yılmaz, with 9,810 people in 2022, 1.7 times as many as in Bolu.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Bolu’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 5,879 | Öztürk 4,257 | Özdemir 3,606 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 5,859 | Öztürk 4,249 | Özdemir 3,606 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 5,878 | Öztürk 4,280 | Özdemir 3,582 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 5,940 | Öztürk 4,296 | Özdemir 3,612 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 5,943 | Öztürk 4,307 | Özdemir 3,669 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 6,053 | Öztürk 4,282 | Özdemir 3,684 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 6,122 | Öztürk 4,314 | Özdemir 3,694 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 6,106 | Öztürk 4,374 | Özdemir 3,703 |
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