Province·Marmara Region·Code 17
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Çanakkale 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Çanakkale is Yılmaz: 8,369 people in 2018. It leads by a wide margin, 1.7 times as many bearers as Kaya in second place. Yılmaz has led Çanakkale every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Çanakkale in 2018?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 8,369 | 15.5 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 4,955 | 9.2 | 2 |
| 03 | Şahin | 4,926 | 9.1 | 6 |
| 04 | Çetin | 4,400 | 8.1 | 15 |
| 05 | Arslan | 4,353 | 8.1 | 11 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,136 | 7.6 | 3 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 3,886 | 7.2 | 8 |
| 08 | Özkan | 3,769 | 7.0 | 22 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 3,564 | 6.6 | 5 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 3,546 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 11 | Çelik | 3,276 | 6.1 | 4 |
| 12 | Aydın | 3,228 | 6.0 | 9 |
| 13 | Şen | 2,827 | 5.2 | – |
| 14 | Yıldırım | 2,818 | 5.2 | 7 |
| 15 | Can | 2,764 | 5.1 | 27 |
| 16 | Kurt | 2,740 | 5.1 | 17 |
| 17 | Özcan | 2,670 | 4.9 | 24 |
| 18 | Doğan | 2,634 | 4.9 | 12 |
| 19 | Çakır | 2,375 | 4.4 | 23 |
| 20 | Acar | 2,317 | 4.3 | 28 |
| 21 | Avcı | 2,152 | 4.0 | – |
| 22 | Güler | 2,117 | 3.9 | – |
| 23 | Yavaş | 2,043 | 3.8 | – |
| 24 | Yavuz | 1,923 | 3.6 | 25 |
| 25 | Uysal | 1,919 | 3.5 | – |
| 26 | Koç | 1,857 | 3.4 | 18 |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 1,799 | 3.3 | – |
| 28 | Kılıç | 1,783 | 3.3 | 13 |
| 29 | Ceylan | 1,764 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Keskin | 1,722 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çanakkale’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 540,662 in 2018, about 15.5 in every 1,000 people in Çanakkale are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 92,632 people, 17.1% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balıkesir | Yılmaz13,793 | Kaya9,397 | Demir8,973 |
| Edirne | Yılmaz4,374 | Çelik2,769 | Demir2,601 |
| Tekirdağ | Yılmaz14,249 | Demir8,664 | Kaya8,657 |
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 13,793 people in 2018, 1.6 times as many as in Çanakkale.
- EdirneEdirne: also Yılmaz, with 4,374 people in 2018, 52% of the figure in Çanakkale.
- TekirdağTekirdağ: also Yılmaz, with 14,249 people in 2018, 1.7 times as many as in Çanakkale.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Marmara Region?
Adding the published 2018 lists of the 11 provinces in the same region as Çanakkale puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 366,891 | 11 |
| Kaya | 242,835 | 11 |
| Demir | 224,799 | 11 |
| Yıldız | 205,339 | 11 |
| Aydın | 201,127 | 11 |
| Şahin | 197,622 | 11 |
| Öztürk | 194,525 | 11 |
| Çelik | 191,520 | 11 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
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