Province·Marmara Region·Code 17
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Çanakkale 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Çanakkale is Yılmaz: 8,776 people in 2023. 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 2023?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 8,776 | 15.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 5,290 | 9.3 | 2 |
| 03 | Şahin | 5,092 | 8.9 | 6 |
| 04 | Çetin | 4,595 | 8.1 | 15 |
| 05 | Arslan | 4,547 | 8.0 | 11 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,292 | 7.5 | 3 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 4,078 | 7.1 | 8 |
| 08 | Yıldız | 3,852 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 3,843 | 6.7 | 10 |
| 10 | Özkan | 3,798 | 6.7 | 22 |
| 11 | Çelik | 3,552 | 6.2 | 4 |
| 12 | Aydın | 3,378 | 5.9 | 9 |
| 13 | Yıldırım | 3,082 | 5.4 | 7 |
| 14 | Şen | 2,878 | 5.0 | – |
| 15 | Kurt | 2,875 | 5.0 | 17 |
| 16 | Can | 2,846 | 5.0 | 27 |
| 17 | Doğan | 2,843 | 5.0 | 12 |
| 18 | Özcan | 2,696 | 4.7 | 25 |
| 19 | Çakır | 2,527 | 4.4 | 24 |
| 20 | Acar | 2,385 | 4.2 | 28 |
| 21 | Avcı | 2,210 | 3.9 | – |
| 22 | Güler | 2,197 | 3.9 | – |
| 23 | Yavaş | 2,088 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Yavuz | 1,984 | 3.5 | 23 |
| 25 | Koç | 1,958 | 3.4 | 18 |
| 26 | Uysal | 1,904 | 3.3 | – |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 1,881 | 3.3 | – |
| 28 | Kılıç | 1,858 | 3.3 | 13 |
| 29 | Ceylan | 1,795 | 3.1 | – |
| 30 | Keskin | 1,753 | 3.1 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çanakkale’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 570,499 in 2023, about 15.4 in every 1,000 people in Çanakkale are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 96,853 people, 17.0% of the population.1,2
Çanakkale lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.5% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 540,662 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 542,157 |
| 2020 | 541,548 |
| 2021 | 557,276 |
| 2022 | 559,383 |
| 2023 | 570,499 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balıkesir | Yılmaz14,160 | Kaya9,809 | Demir9,546 |
| Edirne | Yılmaz4,410 | Çelik3,019 | Demir2,660 |
| Tekirdağ | Yılmaz16,134 | Kaya10,416 | Demir10,288 |
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 14,160 people in 2023, 1.6 times as many as in Çanakkale.
- EdirneEdirne: also Yılmaz, with 4,410 people in 2023, 50% of the figure in Çanakkale.
- TekirdağTekirdağ: also Yılmaz, with 16,134 people in 2023, 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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Marmara Region?
Adding the published 2023 lists of the 11 provinces in the same region as Çanakkale puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 380,626 | 11 |
| Kaya | 258,830 | 11 |
| Demir | 239,301 | 11 |
| Yıldız | 217,519 | 11 |
| Aydın | 210,568 | 11 |
| Şahin | 207,021 | 11 |
| Çelik | 203,580 | 11 |
| Öztürk | 201,552 | 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
What changed in Çanakkale between 2022 and 2023?
In Çanakkale’s top 30 list between 2022 and 2023, no new surname entered; 1 moved up, 1 moved down and 28 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2022 | 2023 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +155 |
| Kaya | 2 | 2 | +157 |
| Şahin | 3 | 3 | +89 |
| Çetin | 4 | 4 | +66 |
| Arslan | 5 | 5 | +41 |
| Demir | 6 | 6 | +7 |
| Öztürk | 7 | 7 | +53 |
| Yıldız | 8 | 8 | +44 |
| Özdemir | 9 | 9 | +54 |
| Özkan | 10 | 10 | +68 |
| Çelik | 11 | 11 | +95 |
| Aydın | 12 | 12 | +6 |
| Yıldırım | 13 | 13 | +139 |
| Şen | 14 | 14 | +18 |
| Kurt | 15 | 15 | +60 |
| Can | 16 | 16 | +53 |
| Doğan | 17 | 17 | +89 |
| Özcan | 18 | 18 | +11 |
| Çakır | 19 | 19 | +54 |
| Acar | 20 | 20 | +53 |
| Avcı | 21 | 21 | +31 |
| Güler | 22 | 22 | +30 |
| Yavaş | 23 | 23 | +5 |
| Yavuz | 24 | 24 | +32 |
| Koç | 25 | 25 | +26 |
| Uysal | 26 | 26 | ±0 |
| Bozkurt | 27 | 27 | +51 |
| Kılıç | 28 | 28 | +43 |
| Ceylan | 30 | 29 | +25 |
| Keskin | 29 | 30 | −24 |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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