Province·Mediterranean Region·Code 15

TÜİK · ADNKS 2024

The most common surnames in Burdur 2024

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Burdur is Yılmaz: 3,410 people in 2024. Çelik is second with 2,932. Yılmaz has led Burdur every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
3,4101
ADNKS 2024
Per 1,000
12.42
Yılmaz
Population
275,8262
ADNKS 2024
Surnames listed
321

The 30 most common surnames in Burdur, 2024

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 3,410 12.4 1
02 Çelik 2,932 10.6 4
03 Kaya 2,818 10.2 2
04 Demir 2,189 7.9 3
05= Özdemir 2,112 7.7 10
05= Yıldız 2,112 7.7 5
06 Şahin 2,038 7.4 6
07 Öztürk 2,035 7.4 8
08 Acar 1,967 7.1 28
09 Yıldırım 1,613 5.8 7
10 Uysal 1,570 5.7 –
11 Çetin 1,552 5.6 15
12 Şimşek 1,473 5.3 20
13 Arslan 1,396 5.1 11
14 Özcan 1,393 5.1 25
15 Özkan 1,277 4.6 22
16 Yavuz 1,142 4.1 23
17 Ünal 1,127 4.1 –
18 Can 1,083 3.9 27
19 Kılınç 1,071 3.9 –
20 Erdem 1,045 3.8 –
21 Aydın 1,044 3.8 9
22 Akın 1,017 3.7 –
23 Çakır 1,007 3.7 24
24 Tekin 977 3.5 –
25= Aksoy 970 3.5 –
25= Doğan 970 3.5 12
26 Erkan 962 3.5 –
27 Kara 932 3.4 16
28 Kaplan 914 3.3 –
29 Ay 913 3.3 –
30 Yiğit 905 3.3 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2024, 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 Burdur’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 275,826 in 2024, about 12.4 in every 1,000 people in Burdur are called Yılmaz. The 32 listed surnames together cover 47,966 people, 17.4% of the population.1,2

Burdur lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.2% between 2018 and 2024.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 270 k 275 k 2018201920202021202220232024 269,926 270,796 267,092 273,716 273,799 277,452 275,826 TÜİK · ADNKS 270 k 275 k ’18’20’22’24 269,926 270,796 267,092 273,716 273,799 277,452 275,826
Population of Burdur, 2018–2024 Vertical axis does not start at zero.
Population of Burdur, 2018–2024
2018269,926
2019270,796
2020267,092
2021273,716
2022273,799
2023277,452
2024275,826

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 10,025 people in 2024, 2.9 times as many as in Burdur.
  • AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 39,823 people in 2024, 11.7 times as many as in Burdur.
  • DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,641 people in 2024, 3.7 times as many as in Burdur.
  • IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,572 people in 2024, 1.9 times as many as in Burdur.
  • MuğlaMuğla: also Yılmaz, with 13,808 people in 2024, 4.0 times as many as in Burdur.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Burdur’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 3,318Çelik 2,915Kaya 2,658
2019 Yılmaz 3,352Çelik 2,936Kaya 2,726
2020 Yılmaz 3,310Çelik 2,881Kaya 2,657
2021 Yılmaz 3,439Çelik 2,917Kaya 2,765
2022 Yılmaz 3,430Çelik 2,898Kaya 2,793
2023 Yılmaz 3,432Çelik 2,997Kaya 2,880
2024 Yılmaz 3,410Çelik 2,932Kaya 2,818
2025 Yılmaz 3,390Çelik 2,915Kaya 2,832

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