Province·Marmara Region·Code 16
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Bursa 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Bursa is Yılmaz: 45,224 people in 2021. Aydın is second with 32,260. Yılmaz has led Bursa every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bursa, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 45,224 | 14.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 32,260 | 10.2 | 9 |
| 03 | Kaya | 30,355 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 29,208 | 9.3 | 3 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 28,617 | 9.1 | 8 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 27,946 | 8.9 | 5 |
| 07 | Çelik | 24,702 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 08 | Şahin | 23,849 | 7.6 | 6 |
| 09 | Yıldırım | 23,108 | 7.3 | 7 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 19,349 | 6.1 | 10 |
| 11 | Arslan | 17,471 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 12 | Şen | 15,435 | 4.9 | – |
| 13 | Kılıç | 14,658 | 4.7 | 13 |
| 14 | Aslan | 13,971 | 4.4 | 14 |
| 15 | Doğan | 12,934 | 4.1 | 12 |
| 16 | Çakır | 12,735 | 4.0 | 23 |
| 17 | Çetin | 12,623 | 4.0 | 15 |
| 18 | Güler | 12,548 | 4.0 | – |
| 19 | Mutlu | 11,865 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Turan | 11,798 | 3.7 | – |
| 21 | Acar | 11,602 | 3.7 | 28 |
| 22 | Bayram | 11,512 | 3.7 | – |
| 23 | Korkmaz | 11,453 | 3.6 | 21 |
| 24 | Yavuz | 11,346 | 3.6 | 24 |
| 25 | Özkan | 10,827 | 3.4 | 22 |
| 26 | Güneş | 9,510 | 3.0 | 29 |
| 27 | Kurt | 9,418 | 3.0 | 17 |
| 28 | Kara | 9,359 | 3.0 | 16 |
| 29 | Koç | 8,945 | 2.8 | 18 |
| 30 | Çalışkan | 8,795 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Bursa’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 3,147,818 in 2021, about 14.4 in every 1,000 people in Bursa are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 523,423 people, 16.6% of the population.1,2
Bursa lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.1% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 2,994,521 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 3,056,120 |
| 2020 | 3,101,833 |
| 2021 | 3,147,818 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 13,963 people in 2021, 31% of the figure in Bursa.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,404 people in 2021, 8% of the figure in Bursa.
- KocaeliKocaeli: also Yılmaz, with 32,405 people in 2021, 72% of the figure in Bursa.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,330 people in 2021, 14% of the figure in Bursa.
- SakaryaSakarya: also Yılmaz, with 16,575 people in 2021, 37% of the figure in Bursa.
- YalovaYalova: also Yılmaz, with 3,813 people in 2021, 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