Province·Black Sea Region·Code 19
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Çorum 2018
The most common surname in Çorum is Şahin (7,987 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Çorum. Yılmaz is second with 5,828. Şahin has led Çorum every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Çorum, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 7,987 | 14.9 | 6 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 5,828 | 10.9 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 5,207 | 9.7 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 4,738 | 8.8 | 7 |
| 05 | Arslan | 4,247 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,075 | 7.6 | 3 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 3,635 | 6.8 | 10 |
| 08 | Çelik | 3,037 | 5.7 | 4 |
| 09 | Kılıç | 2,827 | 5.3 | 13 |
| 10= | Doğan | 2,626 | 4.9 | 12 |
| 10= | Uysal | 2,626 | 4.9 | – |
| 11 | Yıldız | 2,448 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 12 | Çetin | 2,419 | 4.5 | 15 |
| 13 | Öztürk | 2,354 | 4.4 | 8 |
| 14 | Bolat | 2,290 | 4.3 | – |
| 15 | Koçak | 2,069 | 3.9 | – |
| 16 | Aydın | 2,028 | 3.8 | 9 |
| 17 | Şimşek | 2,007 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 18 | Eker | 1,935 | 3.6 | – |
| 19 | Kara | 1,918 | 3.6 | 16 |
| 20 | Köse | 1,794 | 3.3 | – |
| 21 | İpek | 1,784 | 3.3 | – |
| 22 | Ceylan | 1,723 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | Şen | 1,601 | 3.0 | – |
| 24 | Ünal | 1,588 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Yalçın | 1,575 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Karaca | 1,528 | 2.8 | – |
| 27 | Gül | 1,519 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Sarı | 1,500 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Erdoğan | 1,496 | 2.8 | 26 |
| 30 | Güler | 1,482 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çorum’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 536,483 in 2018, about 14.9 in every 1,000 people in Çorum are called Şahin. The 31 listed surnames together cover 83,891 people, 15.6% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AmasyaAmasya: also Şahin, with 4,898 people in 2018, 61% of the figure in Çorum.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: Yılmaz leads (2,744 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 2,161.
- KastamonuKastamonu: Yılmaz leads (6,807 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 9th there with 2,314.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,975 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 2,914.
- SamsunSamsun: Yılmaz leads (24,419 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 17,915.
- SinopSinop: Yılmaz leads (4,072 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 7th there with 2,282.
- YozgatYozgat: also Şahin, with 7,837 people in 2018, almost exactly as many as in Çorum.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Çorum’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Şahin 7,987 | Yılmaz 5,828 | Kaya 5,207 |
| 2019 | Şahin 7,888 | Yılmaz 5,754 | Kaya 5,127 |
| 2020 | Şahin 7,856 | Yılmaz 5,784 | Kaya 5,131 |
| 2021 | Şahin 7,800 | Yılmaz 5,803 | Kaya 5,063 |
| 2022 | Şahin 7,751 | Yılmaz 5,861 | Kaya 5,098 |
| 2023 | Şahin 7,802 | Yılmaz 5,881 | Kaya 5,163 |
| 2024 | Şahin 7,689 | Yılmaz 5,810 | Kaya 5,189 |
| 2025 | Şahin 7,613 | Yılmaz 5,834 | Kaya 5,211 |
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