Province·Black Sea Region·Code 19
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Çorum 2022
The most common surname in Çorum is Şahin (7,751 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Çorum. Yılmaz is second with 5,861. Şahin has led Çorum every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Çorum, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 7,751 | 14.8 | 6 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 5,861 | 11.2 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 5,098 | 9.7 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 4,457 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 05 | Arslan | 4,197 | 8.0 | 11 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,040 | 7.7 | 3 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 3,628 | 6.9 | 10 |
| 08 | Çelik | 3,088 | 5.9 | 4 |
| 09 | Kılıç | 2,767 | 5.3 | 13 |
| 10 | Doğan | 2,681 | 5.1 | 12 |
| 11 | Uysal | 2,588 | 4.9 | – |
| 12 | Yıldız | 2,539 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 13 | Çetin | 2,345 | 4.5 | 15 |
| 14 | Bolat | 2,305 | 4.4 | – |
| 15 | Öztürk | 2,265 | 4.3 | 8 |
| 16 | Koçak | 2,103 | 4.0 | – |
| 17 | Aydın | 1,998 | 3.8 | 9 |
| 18= | Eker | 1,957 | 3.7 | – |
| 18= | Şimşek | 1,957 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 19 | Kara | 1,956 | 3.7 | 16 |
| 20 | Ceylan | 1,738 | 3.3 | – |
| 21 | Köse | 1,694 | 3.2 | – |
| 22 | İpek | 1,650 | 3.1 | – |
| 23 | Şen | 1,594 | 3.0 | – |
| 24 | Yalçın | 1,573 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Ünal | 1,539 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Karaca | 1,482 | 2.8 | – |
| 27 | Erdoğan | 1,477 | 2.8 | 26 |
| 28 | Biçer | 1,471 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Sarı | 1,467 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Aslan | 1,466 | 2.8 | 14 |
How do these counts compare with Çorum’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 524,130 in 2022, about 14.8 in every 1,000 people in Çorum are called Şahin. The 31 listed surnames together cover 82,732 people, 15.8% of the population.1,2
Çorum lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.3% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 536,483 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 530,864 |
| 2020 | 530,126 |
| 2021 | 526,282 |
| 2022 | 524,130 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AmasyaAmasya: also Şahin, with 4,888 people in 2022, 63% of the figure in Çorum.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: Yılmaz leads (2,483 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 1,917.
- KastamonuKastamonu: Yılmaz leads (6,731 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 8th there with 2,349.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,825 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 2,728.
- SamsunSamsun: Yılmaz leads (24,847 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 2nd there with 18,310.
- SinopSinop: Yılmaz leads (4,191 people); Şahin, first in Çorum, ranks 9th there with 2,010.
- YozgatYozgat: also Şahin, with 7,518 people in 2022, 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