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TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Denizli 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Denizli is Yılmaz: 12,364 people in 2018. Yıldırım is second with 8,062. Yılmaz has led Denizli every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Denizli, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,364 | 12.0 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldırım | 8,062 | 7.8 | 7 |
| 03 | Kaya | 7,182 | 7.0 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 6,745 | 6.6 | 3 |
| 05 | Çelik | 6,660 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 6,404 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 07 | Çetin | 6,138 | 6.0 | 15 |
| 08 | Öztürk | 5,717 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 09 | Arslan | 5,568 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 10 | Şahin | 5,239 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 4,982 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 12 | Acar | 4,841 | 4.7 | 28 |
| 13 | Aydın | 4,696 | 4.6 | 9 |
| 14 | Özcan | 4,041 | 3.9 | 24 |
| 15 | Özkan | 3,636 | 3.5 | 22 |
| 16 | Doğan | 3,601 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 17 | Çoban | 3,593 | 3.5 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 3,264 | 3.2 | 13 |
| 19 | Güngör | 3,217 | 3.1 | – |
| 20 | Tekin | 3,143 | 3.1 | – |
| 21 | Erdoğan | 3,001 | 2.9 | 26 |
| 22 | Çakır | 2,968 | 2.9 | 23 |
| 23 | Şimşek | 2,932 | 2.9 | 20 |
| 24 | Uysal | 2,894 | 2.8 | – |
| 25 | Kara | 2,889 | 2.8 | 16 |
| 26 | Can | 2,878 | 2.8 | 27 |
| 27 | Akyol | 2,819 | 2.7 | – |
| 28 | Sarı | 2,808 | 2.7 | – |
| 29 | Aksoy | 2,755 | 2.7 | – |
| 30 | Özen | 2,671 | 2.6 | – |
How do these counts compare with Denizli’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,027,782 in 2018, about 12.0 in every 1,000 people in Denizli are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 137,708 people, 13.4% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,566 people in 2018, 77% of the figure in Denizli.
- AydınAydın: also Yılmaz, with 11,922 people in 2018, almost exactly as many as in Denizli.
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,318 people in 2018, 27% of the figure in Denizli.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 18,471 people in 2018, 1.5 times as many as in Denizli.
- MuğlaMuğla: also Yılmaz, with 12,366 people in 2018, almost exactly as many as in Denizli.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,578 people in 2018, 45% of the figure in Denizli.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Denizli’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 12,364 | Yıldırım 8,062 | Kaya 7,182 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 12,367 | Yıldırım 8,091 | Kaya 7,216 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 12,387 | Yıldırım 8,156 | Kaya 7,283 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 12,487 | Yıldırım 8,233 | Kaya 7,336 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 12,590 | Yıldırım 8,271 | Kaya 7,417 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 12,626 | Yıldırım 8,282 | Kaya 7,469 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 12,641 | Yıldırım 8,286 | Kaya 7,598 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 12,744 | Yıldırım 8,346 | Kaya 7,527 |
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