Province·Aegean Region·Code 20
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Denizli 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Denizli is Yılmaz: 12,387 people in 2020. Yıldırım is second with 8,156. Yılmaz has led Denizli every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Denizli in 2020?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,387 | 11.9 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldırım | 8,156 | 7.8 | 7 |
| 03 | Kaya | 7,283 | 7.0 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 6,864 | 6.6 | 3 |
| 05 | Çelik | 6,798 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 6,533 | 6.3 | 10 |
| 07 | Çetin | 6,255 | 6.0 | 15 |
| 08 | Öztürk | 5,845 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 09 | Arslan | 5,630 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 10 | Şahin | 5,243 | 5.0 | 6 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 5,086 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 12 | Acar | 4,940 | 4.7 | 28 |
| 13 | Aydın | 4,782 | 4.6 | 9 |
| 14 | Özcan | 4,093 | 3.9 | 25 |
| 15 | Doğan | 3,660 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 16 | Özkan | 3,652 | 3.5 | 22 |
| 17 | Çoban | 3,621 | 3.5 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 3,316 | 3.2 | 13 |
| 19 | Güngör | 3,262 | 3.1 | – |
| 20 | Tekin | 3,178 | 3.1 | – |
| 21 | Erdoğan | 3,040 | 2.9 | 26 |
| 22 | Çakır | 3,008 | 2.9 | 23 |
| 23 | Şimşek | 2,977 | 2.9 | 20 |
| 24 | Can | 2,921 | 2.8 | 27 |
| 25 | Kara | 2,901 | 2.8 | 16 |
| 26 | Uysal | 2,880 | 2.8 | – |
| 27 | Sarı | 2,866 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Akyol | 2,837 | 2.7 | – |
| 29 | Aksoy | 2,801 | 2.7 | – |
| 30 | Özen | 2,718 | 2.6 | – |
How do these counts compare with Denizli’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,040,915 in 2020, about 11.9 in every 1,000 people in Denizli are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 139,533 people, 13.4% of the population.1,2
Denizli lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.3% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 1,027,782 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,037,208 |
| 2020 | 1,040,915 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afyonkarahisar | Yılmaz9,713 | Çelik8,744 | Yıldırım6,915 |
| Aydın | Yılmaz12,076 | Demir9,887 | Kaya9,872 |
| Burdur | Yılmaz3,310 | Çelik2,881 | Kaya2,657 |
| Manisa | Yılmaz18,724 | Kaya14,114 | Demir12,487 |
| Muğla | Yılmaz12,724 | Kaya9,831 | Şahin8,242 |
| Uşak | Yılmaz5,632 | Kaya4,578 | Yıldırım4,234 |
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,713 people in 2020, 78% of the figure in Denizli.
- AydınAydın: also Yılmaz, with 12,076 people in 2020, almost exactly as many as in Denizli.
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,310 people in 2020, 27% of the figure in Denizli.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 18,724 people in 2020, 1.5 times as many as in Denizli.
- MuğlaMuğla: also Yılmaz, with 12,724 people in 2020, almost exactly as many as in Denizli.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,632 people in 2020, 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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Aegean Region?
Adding the published 2020 lists of the 8 provinces in the same region as Denizli puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 130,236 | 8 |
| Kaya | 93,295 | 8 |
| Demir | 86,794 | 8 |
| Çelik | 81,436 | 8 |
| Yıldırım | 78,976 | 8 |
| Yıldız | 70,499 | 8 |
| Öztürk | 69,608 | 8 |
| Özdemir | 68,509 | 8 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Denizli between 2019 and 2020?
In Denizli’s top 30 list between 2019 and 2020, no new surname entered; 3 moved up, 3 moved down and 24 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2019 | 2020 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +20 |
| Yıldırım | 2 | 2 | +65 |
| Kaya | 3 | 3 | +67 |
| Demir | 4 | 4 | +28 |
| Çelik | 5 | 5 | +84 |
| Özdemir | 6 | 6 | +57 |
| Çetin | 7 | 7 | +47 |
| Öztürk | 8 | 8 | +64 |
| Arslan | 9 | 9 | +17 |
| Şahin | 10 | 10 | −30 |
| Yıldız | 11 | 11 | +44 |
| Acar | 12 | 12 | +35 |
| Aydın | 13 | 13 | +29 |
| Özcan | 14 | 14 | +3 |
| Doğan | 16 | 15 | +39 |
| Özkan | 15 | 16 | +14 |
| Çoban | 17 | 17 | +1 |
| Kılıç | 18 | 18 | +1 |
| Güngör | 19 | 19 | +16 |
| Tekin | 20 | 20 | +9 |
| Erdoğan | 22 | 21 | +60 |
| Çakır | 21 | 22 | +27 |
| Şimşek | 23 | 23 | +22 |
| Can | 25 | 24 | +37 |
| Kara | 24 | 25 | −2 |
| Uysal | 26 | 26 | −1 |
| Sarı | 27 | 27 | −12 |
| Akyol | 28 | 28 | +8 |
| Aksoy | 29 | 29 | +38 |
| Özen | 30 | 30 | +6 |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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