Province·Black Sea Region·Code 19
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Çorum 2021
The most common surname in Çorum is Şahin (7,800 people, 2021). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Çorum. Yılmaz is second with 5,803. Şahin has led Çorum every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Çorum, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 7,800 | 14.8 | 6 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 5,803 | 11.0 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 5,063 | 9.6 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 4,465 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 05 | Arslan | 4,186 | 8.0 | 11 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,069 | 7.7 | 3 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 3,623 | 6.9 | 10 |
| 08 | Çelik | 3,069 | 5.8 | 4 |
| 09 | Kılıç | 2,773 | 5.3 | 13 |
| 10 | Doğan | 2,670 | 5.1 | 12 |
| 11 | Uysal | 2,566 | 4.9 | – |
| 12 | Yıldız | 2,508 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 13 | Çetin | 2,340 | 4.4 | 15 |
| 14 | Bolat | 2,316 | 4.4 | – |
| 15 | Öztürk | 2,296 | 4.4 | 8 |
| 16 | Koçak | 2,106 | 4.0 | – |
| 17 | Aydın | 1,986 | 3.8 | 9 |
| 18 | Eker | 1,968 | 3.7 | – |
| 19 | Şimşek | 1,958 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 20 | Kara | 1,914 | 3.6 | 16 |
| 21 | Ceylan | 1,702 | 3.2 | – |
| 22 | Köse | 1,701 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | İpek | 1,662 | 3.2 | – |
| 24 | Yalçın | 1,582 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Şen | 1,557 | 3.0 | – |
| 26 | Ünal | 1,555 | 3.0 | – |
| 27 | Karaca | 1,504 | 2.9 | – |
| 28 | Gül | 1,490 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Erdoğan | 1,483 | 2.8 | 26 |
| 30 | Sarı | 1,481 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Çorum’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 526,282 in 2021, about 14.8 in every 1,000 people in Çorum are called Şahin. The 30 listed surnames together cover 81,196 people, 15.4% of the population.1,2
Çorum lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 1.9% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 536,483 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 530,864 |
| 2020 | 530,126 |
| 2021 | 526,282 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AmasyaAmasya: also Şahin, with 4,828 people in 2021, 62% of the figure in Çorum.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: Yılmaz leads (2,501 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 1,907.
- KastamonuKastamonu: Yılmaz leads (6,633 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 8th there with 2,319.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,813 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 2,705.
- SamsunSamsun: Yılmaz leads (24,706 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 18,263.
- SinopSinop: Yılmaz leads (4,126 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 9th there with 1,991.
- YozgatYozgat: also Şahin, with 7,566 people in 2021, 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