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TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Çanakkale 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Çanakkale is Yılmaz: 8,591 people in 2021. 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
The 30 most common surnames in Çanakkale, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 8,591 | 15.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 5,153 | 9.2 | 2 |
| 03 | Şahin | 5,031 | 9.0 | 6 |
| 04 | Çetin | 4,501 | 8.1 | 15 |
| 05 | Arslan | 4,481 | 8.0 | 11 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,316 | 7.7 | 3 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 4,040 | 7.2 | 8 |
| 08 | Yıldız | 3,772 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 09 | Özkan | 3,754 | 6.7 | 22 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 3,702 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 11 | Çelik | 3,417 | 6.1 | 4 |
| 12 | Aydın | 3,387 | 6.1 | 9 |
| 13 | Yıldırım | 2,960 | 5.3 | 7 |
| 14 | Şen | 2,873 | 5.2 | – |
| 15 | Kurt | 2,774 | 5.0 | 17 |
| 16 | Can | 2,765 | 5.0 | 27 |
| 17 | Doğan | 2,753 | 4.9 | 12 |
| 18 | Özcan | 2,679 | 4.8 | 25 |
| 19 | Çakır | 2,411 | 4.3 | 23 |
| 20 | Acar | 2,331 | 4.2 | 28 |
| 21 | Güler | 2,165 | 3.9 | – |
| 22 | Avcı | 2,164 | 3.9 | – |
| 23 | Yavaş | 2,076 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Yavuz | 1,976 | 3.5 | 24 |
| 25 | Uysal | 1,909 | 3.4 | – |
| 26 | Koç | 1,908 | 3.4 | 18 |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 1,843 | 3.3 | – |
| 28 | Kılıç | 1,834 | 3.3 | 13 |
| 29 | Ceylan | 1,790 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Keskin | 1,757 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çanakkale’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 557,276 in 2021, about 15.4 in every 1,000 people in Çanakkale are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 95,113 people, 17.1% of the population.1,2
Çanakkale lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.1% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 540,662 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 542,157 |
| 2020 | 541,548 |
| 2021 | 557,276 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 13,963 people in 2021, 1.6 times as many as in Çanakkale.
- EdirneEdirne: also Yılmaz, with 4,364 people in 2021, 51% of the figure in Çanakkale.
- TekirdağTekirdağ: also Yılmaz, with 15,581 people in 2021, 1.8 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