Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 18
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Çankırı
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Çankırı is Yılmaz: 2,525 people in 2025. Şahin is second with 2,036. Yılmaz has led Çankırı every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Çankırı, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 2,525 | 12.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 2,036 | 10.2 | 6 |
| 03 | Çelik | 1,925 | 9.6 | 4 |
| 04 | Kaya | 1,867 | 9.3 | 2 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 1,692 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 1,645 | 8.2 | 10 |
| 07 | Demir | 1,432 | 7.1 | 3 |
| 08 | Yıldırım | 1,394 | 7.0 | 7 |
| 09 | Arslan | 1,308 | 6.5 | 11 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 1,280 | 6.4 | 5 |
| 11 | Kara | 1,232 | 6.1 | 16 |
| 12 | Doğan | 1,215 | 6.1 | 12 |
| 13 | Erdoğan | 972 | 4.8 | 26 |
| 14 | Aslan | 934 | 4.7 | 14 |
| 15 | Koç | 860 | 4.3 | 18 |
| 16 | Özkan | 847 | 4.2 | 22 |
| 17 | Gümüş | 838 | 4.2 | – |
| 18 | Ünal | 823 | 4.1 | – |
| 19 | Karakaya | 776 | 3.9 | – |
| 20 | Aydın | 775 | 3.9 | 9 |
| 21 | Çağlar | 769 | 3.8 | – |
| 22 | Kılıç | 733 | 3.7 | 13 |
| 23 | Aktaş | 722 | 3.6 | 30 |
| 24 | Uysal | 712 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Karagöz | 688 | 3.4 | – |
| 26 | Karaca | 684 | 3.4 | – |
| 27 | Şentürk | 683 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Çakır | 680 | 3.4 | 24 |
| 29 | Gökmen | 657 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Bulut | 648 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çankırı’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 200,549 in 2025, about 12.6 in every 1,000 people in Çankırı are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 33,352 people, 16.6% of the population.1,2
Çankırı lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 7.3% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 216,362 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 195,789 |
| 2020 | 192,428 |
| 2021 | 196,515 |
| 2022 | 195,766 |
| 2023 | 205,501 |
| 2024 | 199,981 |
| 2025 | 200,549 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 88,766 people in 2025, 35.2 times as many as in Çankırı.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,106 people in 2025, 2.4 times as many as in Çankırı.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,613 people); Yılmaz, first in Çankırı, ranks 2nd there with 5,834.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,892 people in 2025, 1.9 times as many as in Çankırı.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,866 people in 2025, 2.7 times as many as in Çankırı.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: also Yılmaz, with 2,896 people in 2025, 1.1 times as many as in Çankırı.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Çankırı’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 2,744 | Şahin 2,161 | Çelik 2,086 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 2,518 | Çelik 1,897 | Şahin 1,887 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 2,450 | Çelik 1,894 | Şahin 1,886 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 2,501 | Şahin 1,907 | Çelik 1,889 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 2,483 | Şahin 1,917 | Çelik 1,874 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 2,646 | Şahin 2,034 | Çelik 1,978 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 2,540 | Şahin 1,974 | Çelik 1,968 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 2,525 | Şahin 2,036 | Çelik 1,925 |
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