Province·Marmara Region·Code 17
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Çanakkale
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Çanakkale is Yılmaz: 8,734 people in 2025. It leads by a wide margin, 1.6 times as many bearers as Kaya in second place. Yılmaz has led Çanakkale every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Çanakkale, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 8,734 | 15.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 5,304 | 9.2 | 2 |
| 03 | Şahin | 5,138 | 9.0 | 6 |
| 04 | Çetin | 4,579 | 8.0 | 15 |
| 05 | Arslan | 4,545 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,338 | 7.6 | 3 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 4,109 | 7.2 | 8 |
| 08 | Yıldız | 3,940 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 3,887 | 6.8 | 10 |
| 10 | Özkan | 3,790 | 6.6 | 22 |
| 11 | Çelik | 3,510 | 6.1 | 4 |
| 12 | Aydın | 3,482 | 6.1 | 9 |
| 13 | Yıldırım | 3,119 | 5.4 | 7 |
| 14 | Kurt | 2,908 | 5.1 | 17 |
| 15 | Doğan | 2,852 | 5.0 | 12 |
| 16 | Şen | 2,850 | 5.0 | – |
| 17 | Can | 2,795 | 4.9 | 27 |
| 18 | Özcan | 2,715 | 4.7 | 25 |
| 19 | Çakır | 2,518 | 4.4 | 24 |
| 20 | Acar | 2,383 | 4.2 | 28 |
| 21 | Avcı | 2,282 | 4.0 | – |
| 22 | Güler | 2,190 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Yavaş | 2,082 | 3.6 | – |
| 24 | Yavuz | 2,032 | 3.5 | 23 |
| 25 | Koç | 1,945 | 3.4 | 18 |
| 26 | Uysal | 1,933 | 3.4 | – |
| 27= | Bozkurt | 1,863 | 3.2 | – |
| 27= | Kılıç | 1,863 | 3.2 | 13 |
| 28 | Keskin | 1,761 | 3.1 | – |
| 29 | Ceylan | 1,739 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Işık | 1,689 | 2.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çanakkale’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 573,976 in 2025, about 15.2 in every 1,000 people in Çanakkale are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 98,875 people, 17.2% of the population.1,2
Çanakkale lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 6.2% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 540,662 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 542,157 |
| 2020 | 541,548 |
| 2021 | 557,276 |
| 2022 | 559,383 |
| 2023 | 570,499 |
| 2024 | 568,966 |
| 2025 | 573,976 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 14,345 people in 2025, 1.6 times as many as in Çanakkale.
- EdirneEdirne: also Yılmaz, with 4,453 people in 2025, 51% of the figure in Çanakkale.
- TekirdağTekirdağ: also Yılmaz, with 16,440 people in 2025, 1.9 times as many as in Çanakkale.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Çanakkale’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 8,369 | Kaya 4,955 | Şahin 4,926 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 8,417 | Kaya 4,942 | Şahin 4,895 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 8,379 | Kaya 4,980 | Şahin 4,882 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 8,591 | Kaya 5,153 | Şahin 5,031 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 8,621 | Kaya 5,133 | Şahin 5,003 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 8,776 | Kaya 5,290 | Şahin 5,092 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 8,664 | Kaya 5,289 | Şahin 5,119 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 8,734 | Kaya 5,304 | Şahin 5,138 |
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