Province·Aegean Region·Code 20
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Denizli 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Denizli is Yılmaz: 12,487 people in 2021. Yıldırım is second with 8,233. Yılmaz has led Denizli every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Denizli, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,487 | 11.9 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldırım | 8,233 | 7.8 | 7 |
| 03 | Kaya | 7,336 | 7.0 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 6,934 | 6.6 | 3 |
| 05 | Çelik | 6,878 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 6,591 | 6.3 | 10 |
| 07 | Çetin | 6,245 | 5.9 | 15 |
| 08 | Öztürk | 5,883 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 09 | Arslan | 5,665 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 10 | Şahin | 5,322 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 5,141 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 12 | Acar | 4,982 | 4.7 | 28 |
| 13 | Aydın | 4,849 | 4.6 | 9 |
| 14 | Özcan | 4,129 | 3.9 | 25 |
| 15 | Özkan | 3,663 | 3.5 | 22 |
| 16 | Doğan | 3,661 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 17 | Çoban | 3,618 | 3.4 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 3,348 | 3.2 | 13 |
| 19 | Güngör | 3,233 | 3.1 | – |
| 20 | Tekin | 3,178 | 3.0 | – |
| 21 | Erdoğan | 3,070 | 2.9 | 26 |
| 22 | Çakır | 3,043 | 2.9 | 23 |
| 23 | Şimşek | 2,973 | 2.8 | 20 |
| 24 | Can | 2,947 | 2.8 | 27 |
| 25 | Uysal | 2,904 | 2.8 | – |
| 26 | Kara | 2,903 | 2.8 | 16 |
| 27 | Sarı | 2,877 | 2.7 | – |
| 28 | Akyol | 2,831 | 2.7 | – |
| 29 | Aksoy | 2,793 | 2.7 | – |
| 30 | Özen | 2,712 | 2.6 | – |
How do these counts compare with Denizli’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,051,056 in 2021, about 11.9 in every 1,000 people in Denizli are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 140,429 people, 13.4% of the population.1,2
Denizli lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.3% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 1,027,782 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,037,208 |
| 2020 | 1,040,915 |
| 2021 | 1,051,056 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,825 people in 2021, 79% of the figure in Denizli.
- AydınAydın: also Yılmaz, with 12,290 people in 2021, almost exactly as many as in Denizli.
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,439 people in 2021, 28% of the figure in Denizli.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 18,824 people in 2021, 1.5 times as many as in Denizli.
- MuğlaMuğla: also Yılmaz, with 12,948 people in 2021, almost exactly as many as in Denizli.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,665 people in 2021, 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