Province·Marmara Region·Code 16
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Bursa 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Bursa is Yılmaz: 43,526 people in 2018. Aydın is second with 31,091. Yılmaz has led Bursa every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bursa, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 43,526 | 14.5 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 31,091 | 10.4 | 9 |
| 03 | Kaya | 28,737 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 27,601 | 9.2 | 3 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 27,319 | 9.1 | 8 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 26,871 | 9.0 | 5 |
| 07 | Çelik | 23,472 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 08 | Şahin | 22,950 | 7.7 | 6 |
| 09 | Yıldırım | 22,180 | 7.4 | 7 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 18,601 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 11 | Arslan | 16,505 | 5.5 | 11 |
| 12 | Şen | 15,177 | 5.1 | – |
| 13 | Kılıç | 13,904 | 4.6 | 13 |
| 14 | Aslan | 12,966 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 15 | Çakır | 12,363 | 4.1 | 23 |
| 16 | Doğan | 12,237 | 4.1 | 12 |
| 17 | Çetin | 12,149 | 4.1 | 15 |
| 18 | Güler | 12,099 | 4.0 | – |
| 19 | Mutlu | 11,646 | 3.9 | – |
| 20 | Acar | 11,288 | 3.8 | 28 |
| 21 | Turan | 11,252 | 3.8 | – |
| 22 | Korkmaz | 11,135 | 3.7 | 21 |
| 23 | Bayram | 11,091 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Yavuz | 10,984 | 3.7 | 25 |
| 25 | Özkan | 10,311 | 3.4 | 22 |
| 26 | Kurt | 9,166 | 3.1 | 17 |
| 27 | Güneş | 8,995 | 3.0 | 29 |
| 28 | Kara | 8,924 | 3.0 | 16 |
| 29 | Çalışkan | 8,710 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Koç | 8,448 | 2.8 | 18 |
How do these counts compare with Bursa’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 2,994,521 in 2018, about 14.5 in every 1,000 people in Bursa are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 501,698 people, 16.8% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 13,793 people in 2018, 32% of the figure in Bursa.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,260 people in 2018, 7% of the figure in Bursa.
- KocaeliKocaeli: also Yılmaz, with 30,542 people in 2018, 70% of the figure in Bursa.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,272 people in 2018, 14% of the figure in Bursa.
- SakaryaSakarya: also Yılmaz, with 15,984 people in 2018, 37% of the figure in Bursa.
- YalovaYalova: also Yılmaz, with 3,695 people in 2018, 8% of the figure in Bursa.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Bursa’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 43,526 | Aydın 31,091 | Kaya 28,737 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 44,152 | Aydın 31,653 | Kaya 29,371 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 44,807 | Aydın 32,112 | Kaya 29,865 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 45,224 | Aydın 32,260 | Kaya 30,355 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 45,665 | Aydın 32,557 | Kaya 30,934 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 45,834 | Aydın 32,597 | Kaya 31,146 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 46,156 | Aydın 32,806 | Kaya 31,577 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 46,316 | Aydın 32,946 | Kaya 31,926 |
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