Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 18
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Çankırı 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Çankırı is Yılmaz: 2,501 people in 2021. Şahin is second with 1,907. Yılmaz has led Çankırı every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Çankırı, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 2,501 | 12.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 1,907 | 9.7 | 6 |
| 03 | Çelik | 1,889 | 9.6 | 4 |
| 04 | Kaya | 1,749 | 8.9 | 2 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 1,684 | 8.6 | 10 |
| 06 | Öztürk | 1,646 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 07 | Yıldırım | 1,408 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 08 | Demir | 1,331 | 6.8 | 3 |
| 09 | Arslan | 1,254 | 6.4 | 11 |
| 10 | Kara | 1,223 | 6.2 | 16 |
| 11 | Doğan | 1,189 | 6.1 | 12 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 1,162 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 13 | Erdoğan | 982 | 5.0 | 26 |
| 14 | Koç | 881 | 4.5 | 18 |
| 15 | Aslan | 873 | 4.4 | 14 |
| 16 | Ünal | 844 | 4.3 | – |
| 17 | Özkan | 836 | 4.3 | 22 |
| 18 | Karakaya | 795 | 4.0 | – |
| 19 | Çağlar | 790 | 4.0 | – |
| 20 | Aydın | 768 | 3.9 | 9 |
| 21 | Aktaş | 759 | 3.9 | 30 |
| 22 | Kılıç | 752 | 3.8 | 13 |
| 23 | Gümüş | 749 | 3.8 | – |
| 24 | Çakır | 694 | 3.5 | 23 |
| 25 | Uysal | 692 | 3.5 | – |
| 26 | Şentürk | 691 | 3.5 | – |
| 27 | Karaca | 674 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Yalçın | 643 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Gökmen | 637 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Ceylan | 628 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çankırı’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 196,515 in 2021, about 12.7 in every 1,000 people in Çankırı are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 32,631 people, 16.6% of the population.1,2
Çankırı lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 9.2% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 216,362 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 195,789 |
| 2020 | 192,428 |
| 2021 | 196,515 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 86,270 people in 2021, 34.5 times as many as in Çankırı.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 5,940 people in 2021, 2.4 times as many as in Çankırı.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,800 people); Yılmaz, first in Çankırı, ranks 2nd there with 5,803.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,819 people in 2021, 1.9 times as many as in Çankırı.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,633 people in 2021, 2.7 times as many as in Çankırı.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: also Yılmaz, with 2,813 people in 2021, 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