Province·Black Sea Region·Code 14
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Bolu 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Bolu is Yılmaz: 6,122 people in 2024. Öztürk is second with 4,314. Yılmaz has led Bolu every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Bolu, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 6,122 | 18.8 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 4,314 | 13.2 | 8 |
| 03 | Özdemir | 3,694 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 04 | Özcan | 2,710 | 8.3 | 25 |
| 05 | Yıldız | 2,694 | 8.3 | 5 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,684 | 8.2 | 3 |
| 07 | Çelik | 2,609 | 8.0 | 4 |
| 08 | Arslan | 2,552 | 7.8 | 11 |
| 09 | Aydın | 2,253 | 6.9 | 9 |
| 10 | Yaman | 2,197 | 6.7 | – |
| 11 | Yıldırım | 2,064 | 6.3 | 7 |
| 12 | Kaya | 1,975 | 6.1 | 2 |
| 13 | Güler | 1,827 | 5.6 | – |
| 14 | Özkan | 1,754 | 5.4 | 22 |
| 15 | Acar | 1,724 | 5.3 | 28 |
| 16 | Çetin | 1,722 | 5.3 | 15 |
| 17 | Çakır | 1,714 | 5.3 | 24 |
| 18 | Şahin | 1,662 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 19 | Erdoğan | 1,590 | 4.9 | 26 |
| 20 | Doğan | 1,239 | 3.8 | 12 |
| 21 | Yerlikaya | 1,230 | 3.8 | – |
| 22 | Şen | 1,210 | 3.7 | – |
| 23 | Yalçın | 1,101 | 3.4 | – |
| 24 | Özçelik | 1,066 | 3.3 | – |
| 25= | Can | 1,059 | 3.2 | 27 |
| 25= | Gülen | 1,059 | 3.2 | – |
| 26 | Bulut | 1,058 | 3.2 | – |
| 27 | Aydemir | 1,029 | 3.2 | – |
| 28 | Özer | 950 | 2.9 | – |
| 29 | Aktaş | 938 | 2.9 | 30 |
| 30 | Çetinkaya | 930 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Bolu’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 326,409 in 2024, about 18.8 in every 1,000 people in Bolu are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 60,730 people, 18.6% of the population.1,2
Bolu lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 4.7% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 311,810 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 316,126 |
| 2020 | 314,802 |
| 2021 | 320,014 |
| 2022 | 320,824 |
| 2023 | 324,789 |
| 2024 | 326,409 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 88,152 people in 2024, 14.4 times as many as in Bolu.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,352 people in 2024, 55% of the figure in Bolu.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,540 people in 2024, 41% of the figure in Bolu.
- DüzceDüzce: also Yılmaz, with 7,944 people in 2024, 1.3 times as many as in Bolu.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 12,252 people in 2024, 2.0 times as many as in Bolu.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,935 people in 2024, 81% of the figure in Bolu.
- SakaryaSakarya: also Yılmaz, with 17,390 people in 2024, 2.8 times as many as in Bolu.
- ZonguldakZonguldak: also Yılmaz, with 9,736 people in 2024, 1.6 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