Province·Aegean Region·Code 20
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Denizli 2019
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Denizli is Yılmaz: 12,367 people in 2019. Yıldırım is second with 8,091. Yılmaz has led Denizli every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Denizli, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,367 | 11.9 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldırım | 8,091 | 7.8 | 7 |
| 03 | Kaya | 7,216 | 7.0 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 6,836 | 6.6 | 3 |
| 05 | Çelik | 6,714 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 6,476 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 07 | Çetin | 6,208 | 6.0 | 15 |
| 08 | Öztürk | 5,781 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 09 | Arslan | 5,613 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 10 | Şahin | 5,273 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 5,042 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 12 | Acar | 4,905 | 4.7 | 28 |
| 13 | Aydın | 4,753 | 4.6 | 9 |
| 14 | Özcan | 4,090 | 3.9 | 24 |
| 15 | Özkan | 3,638 | 3.5 | 22 |
| 16 | Doğan | 3,621 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 17 | Çoban | 3,620 | 3.5 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 3,315 | 3.2 | 13 |
| 19 | Güngör | 3,246 | 3.1 | – |
| 20 | Tekin | 3,169 | 3.1 | – |
| 21 | Çakır | 2,981 | 2.9 | 23 |
| 22 | Erdoğan | 2,980 | 2.9 | 26 |
| 23 | Şimşek | 2,955 | 2.8 | 20 |
| 24 | Kara | 2,903 | 2.8 | 16 |
| 25 | Can | 2,884 | 2.8 | 27 |
| 26 | Uysal | 2,881 | 2.8 | – |
| 27 | Sarı | 2,878 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Akyol | 2,829 | 2.7 | – |
| 29 | Aksoy | 2,763 | 2.7 | – |
| 30 | Özen | 2,712 | 2.6 | – |
How do these counts compare with Denizli’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,037,208 in 2019, about 11.9 in every 1,000 people in Denizli are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 138,740 people, 13.4% of the population.1,2
Denizli lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.9% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 1,027,782 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,037,208 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,540 people in 2019, 77% of the figure in Denizli.
- AydınAydın: also Yılmaz, with 12,041 people in 2019, almost exactly as many as in Denizli.
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,352 people in 2019, 27% of the figure in Denizli.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 18,604 people in 2019, 1.5 times as many as in Denizli.
- MuğlaMuğla: also Yılmaz, with 12,551 people in 2019, almost exactly as many as in Denizli.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,612 people in 2019, 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