Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 18
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Çankırı 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Çankırı is Yılmaz: 2,450 people in 2020. Çelik is second with 1,894. Yılmaz has led Çankırı every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 321
Which surnames are most common in Çankırı in 2020?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 2,450 | 12.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 1,894 | 9.8 | 4 |
| 03 | Şahin | 1,886 | 9.8 | 6 |
| 04 | Kaya | 1,705 | 8.9 | 2 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 1,649 | 8.6 | 8 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 1,636 | 8.5 | 10 |
| 07 | Yıldırım | 1,378 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 08 | Demir | 1,315 | 6.8 | 3 |
| 09= | Arslan | 1,220 | 6.3 | 11 |
| 09= | Kara | 1,220 | 6.3 | 16 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 1,173 | 6.1 | 5 |
| 11 | Doğan | 1,111 | 5.8 | 12 |
| 12 | Erdoğan | 987 | 5.1 | 26 |
| 13 | Aslan | 873 | 4.5 | 14 |
| 14 | Koç | 855 | 4.4 | 18 |
| 15= | Özkan | 843 | 4.4 | 22 |
| 15= | Ünal | 843 | 4.4 | – |
| 16 | Çağlar | 805 | 4.2 | – |
| 17 | Karakaya | 773 | 4.0 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 765 | 4.0 | 13 |
| 19 | Aktaş | 757 | 3.9 | 30 |
| 20 | Gümüş | 751 | 3.9 | – |
| 21 | Aydın | 722 | 3.8 | 9 |
| 22 | Çakır | 704 | 3.7 | 23 |
| 23 | Uysal | 697 | 3.6 | – |
| 24 | Ceylan | 648 | 3.4 | – |
| 25 | Karaca | 646 | 3.4 | – |
| 26 | Şentürk | 638 | 3.3 | – |
| 27 | Gökmen | 633 | 3.3 | – |
| 28 | Yalçın | 629 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Demirci | 611 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Bulut | 607 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çankırı’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 192,428 in 2020, about 12.7 in every 1,000 people in Çankırı are called Yılmaz. The 32 listed surnames together cover 33,424 people, 17.4% of the population.1,2
Çankırı lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 11.1% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 216,362 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 195,789 |
| 2020 | 192,428 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankara | Yılmaz85,520 | Şahin59,558 | Yıldırım50,161 |
| Bolu | Yılmaz5,878 | Öztürk4,280 | Özdemir3,582 |
| Çorum | Şahin7,856 | Yılmaz5,784 | Kaya5,131 |
| Karabük | Yılmaz4,803 | Özdemir2,871 | Kaya2,456 |
| Kastamonu | Yılmaz6,632 | Demir3,759 | Çelik3,287 |
| Kırıkkale | Yılmaz2,813 | Şahin2,761 | Doğan2,474 |
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 85,520 people in 2020, 34.9 times as many as in Çankırı.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 5,878 people in 2020, 2.4 times as many as in Çankırı.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,856 people); Yılmaz, first in Çankırı, ranks 2nd there with 5,784.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,803 people in 2020, 2.0 times as many as in Çankırı.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,632 people in 2020, 2.7 times as many as in Çankırı.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: also Yılmaz, with 2,813 people in 2020, 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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Central Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2020 lists of the 13 provinces in the same region as Çankırı puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 184,429 | 13 |
| Şahin | 138,630 | 13 |
| Kaya | 113,687 | 13 |
| Yıldırım | 113,444 | 13 |
| Öztürk | 106,302 | 13 |
| Yıldız | 103,348 | 13 |
| Demir | 102,270 | 13 |
| Doğan | 98,625 | 13 |
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 Çankırı between 2019 and 2020?
In Çankırı’s top 32 list between 2019 and 2020, 2 surnames entered and 0 left; 20 moved up, 1 moved down and 9 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2019 | 2020 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | −68 |
| Çelik | 2 | 2 | −3 |
| Şahin | 3 | 3 | −1 |
| Kaya | 4 | 4 | −40 |
| Öztürk | 6 | 5 | −26 |
| Özdemir | 5 | 6 | −50 |
| Yıldırım | 7 | 7 | −10 |
| Demir | 8 | 8 | −31 |
| Arslan | 9 | 9 | −24 |
| Kara | 10 | 9 | −9 |
| Yıldız | 11 | 10 | −42 |
| Doğan | 12 | 11 | −27 |
| Erdoğan | 13 | 12 | −8 |
| Aslan | 14 | 13 | −42 |
| Koç | 16 | 14 | −1 |
| Özkan | 15 | 15 | −35 |
| Ünal | 17 | 15 | +9 |
| Çağlar | 18 | 16 | +6 |
| Karakaya | 19 | 17 | −21 |
| Kılıç | 20 | 18 | −6 |
| Aktaş | 21 | 19 | +2 |
| Gümüş | 22 | 20 | −3 |
| Aydın | 23 | 21 | −27 |
| Çakır | 24 | 22 | −15 |
| Uysal | 25 | 23 | −17 |
| Ceylan | 28 | 24 | +10 |
| Karaca | 26 | 25 | −3 |
| Şentürk | 29 | 26 | +1 |
| Gökmen | 27 | 27 | −8 |
| Yalçın | 30 | 28 | +3 |
| Demirci | Entered | 29 | — |
| Bulut | Entered | 30 | — |
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