Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 18

TÜİK · ADNKS 2018

The most common surnames in Çankırı 2018

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Çankırı is Yılmaz: 2,744 people in 2018. Şahin is second with 2,161. Yılmaz has led Çankırı every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
2,7441
ADNKS 2018
Per 1,000
12.72
Yılmaz
Population
216,3622
ADNKS 2018
Surnames listed
321

The 30 most common surnames in Çankırı, 2018

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 2,744 12.7 1
02 Şahin 2,161 10.0 6
03 Çelik 2,086 9.6 4
04 Kaya 1,995 9.2 2
05 Özdemir 1,854 8.6 10
06 Öztürk 1,747 8.1 8
07 Yıldırım 1,538 7.1 7
08 Demir 1,503 6.9 3
09 Yıldız 1,408 6.5 5
10 Arslan 1,381 6.4 11
11 Kara 1,273 5.9 16
12 Doğan 1,270 5.9 12
13 Erdoğan 1,114 5.1 26
14 Aslan 971 4.5 14
15 Özkan 947 4.4 22
16 Koç 940 4.3 18
17= Karakaya 927 4.3 –
17= Ünal 927 4.3 –
18 Çakır 905 4.2 23
19 Kılıç 843 3.9 13
20 Gümüş 841 3.9 –
21 Aktaş 838 3.9 30
22 Uysal 826 3.8 –
23 Aydın 821 3.8 9
24 Çağlar 805 3.7 –
25= Demirci 738 3.4 –
25= Yalçın 738 3.4 –
26 Şentürk 711 3.3 –
27 Karaca 710 3.3 –
28 Dede 705 3.3 –
29 Ceylan 681 3.1 –
30 Gökmen 675 3.1 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2018, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Çankırı’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 216,362 in 2018, about 12.7 in every 1,000 people in Çankırı are called Yılmaz. The 32 listed surnames together cover 37,623 people, 17.4% of the population.1,2

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 83,212 people in 2018, 30.3 times as many as in Çankırı.
  • BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 5,879 people in 2018, 2.1 times as many as in Çankırı.
  • ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,987 people); Yılmaz, first in Çankırı, ranks 2nd there with 5,828.
  • KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,920 people in 2018, 1.8 times as many as in Çankırı.
  • KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,807 people in 2018, 2.5 times as many as in Çankırı.
  • KırıkkaleKırıkkale: also Yılmaz, with 2,975 people in 2018, 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?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 2,744Şahin 2,161Çelik 2,086
2019 Yılmaz 2,518Çelik 1,897Şahin 1,887
2020 Yılmaz 2,450Çelik 1,894Şahin 1,886
2021 Yılmaz 2,501Şahin 1,907Çelik 1,889
2022 Yılmaz 2,483Şahin 1,917Çelik 1,874
2023 Yılmaz 2,646Şahin 2,034Çelik 1,978
2024 Yılmaz 2,540Şahin 1,974Çelik 1,968
2025 Yılmaz 2,525Şahin 2,036Çelik 1,925

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries