Province·Marmara Region·Code 16
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Bursa 2019
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Bursa is Yılmaz: 44,152 people in 2019. Aydın is second with 31,653. Yılmaz has led Bursa every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bursa, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 44,152 | 14.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 31,653 | 10.4 | 9 |
| 03 | Kaya | 29,371 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 28,258 | 9.2 | 3 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 27,951 | 9.1 | 8 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 27,269 | 8.9 | 5 |
| 07 | Çelik | 23,989 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 08 | Şahin | 23,349 | 7.6 | 6 |
| 09 | Yıldırım | 22,449 | 7.3 | 7 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 18,969 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 11 | Arslan | 16,918 | 5.5 | 11 |
| 12 | Şen | 15,277 | 5.0 | – |
| 13 | Kılıç | 14,211 | 4.7 | 13 |
| 14 | Aslan | 13,366 | 4.4 | 14 |
| 15 | Çakır | 12,512 | 4.1 | 23 |
| 16 | Doğan | 12,492 | 4.1 | 12 |
| 17 | Çetin | 12,337 | 4.0 | 15 |
| 18 | Güler | 12,267 | 4.0 | – |
| 19 | Mutlu | 11,705 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Turan | 11,486 | 3.8 | – |
| 21 | Acar | 11,385 | 3.7 | 28 |
| 22 | Bayram | 11,315 | 3.7 | – |
| 23 | Korkmaz | 11,302 | 3.7 | 21 |
| 24 | Yavuz | 11,140 | 3.6 | 25 |
| 25 | Özkan | 10,525 | 3.4 | 22 |
| 26 | Kurt | 9,310 | 3.0 | 17 |
| 27 | Güneş | 9,183 | 3.0 | 29 |
| 28 | Kara | 9,102 | 3.0 | 16 |
| 29 | Çalışkan | 8,736 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Koç | 8,601 | 2.8 | 18 |
How do these counts compare with Bursa’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 3,056,120 in 2019, about 14.4 in every 1,000 people in Bursa are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 510,580 people, 16.7% of the population.1,2
Bursa lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.1% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 2,994,521 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 3,056,120 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 13,797 people in 2019, 31% of the figure in Bursa.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,261 people in 2019, 7% of the figure in Bursa.
- KocaeliKocaeli: also Yılmaz, with 31,165 people in 2019, 71% of the figure in Bursa.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,421 people in 2019, 15% of the figure in Bursa.
- SakaryaSakarya: also Yılmaz, with 16,247 people in 2019, 37% of the figure in Bursa.
- YalovaYalova: also Yılmaz, with 3,729 people in 2019, 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