Province·Black Sea Region·Code 81
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Düzce 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Düzce is Yılmaz: 7,821 people in 2021. It leads by a wide margin, 1.6 times as many bearers as Şahin in second place. Yılmaz has led Düzce every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Düzce, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 7,821 | 19.5 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 4,816 | 12.0 | 6 |
| 03 | Aydın | 4,521 | 11.3 | 9 |
| 04 | Öztürk | 4,032 | 10.1 | 8 |
| 05 | Arslan | 3,711 | 9.3 | 11 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 3,512 | 8.8 | 5 |
| 07 | Yıldırım | 3,328 | 8.3 | 7 |
| 08 | Demir | 3,281 | 8.2 | 3 |
| 09 | Çelik | 3,181 | 7.9 | 4 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 3,032 | 7.6 | 10 |
| 11 | Kaya | 2,685 | 6.7 | 2 |
| 12 | Çakır | 2,617 | 6.5 | 23 |
| 13 | Kurt | 2,500 | 6.2 | 17 |
| 14 | Acar | 2,080 | 5.2 | 28 |
| 15 | Yavuz | 2,076 | 5.2 | 24 |
| 16 | Kılıç | 2,073 | 5.2 | 13 |
| 17 | Kara | 1,920 | 4.8 | 16 |
| 18 | Koç | 1,888 | 4.7 | 18 |
| 19 | Şen | 1,719 | 4.3 | – |
| 20 | İlhan | 1,664 | 4.1 | – |
| 21 | Yüksel | 1,663 | 4.1 | – |
| 22 | Keskin | 1,631 | 4.1 | – |
| 23 | Baş | 1,616 | 4.0 | – |
| 24 | Çalışkan | 1,574 | 3.9 | – |
| 25 | Güler | 1,503 | 3.7 | – |
| 26 | Çetin | 1,484 | 3.7 | 15 |
| 27 | Özcan | 1,447 | 3.6 | 25 |
| 28 | Yalçın | 1,399 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Keleş | 1,351 | 3.4 | – |
| 30 | Işık | 1,347 | 3.4 | – |
How do these counts compare with Düzce’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 400,976 in 2021, about 19.5 in every 1,000 people in Düzce are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 77,472 people, 19.3% of the population.1,2
Düzce lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.4% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 387,844 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 392,166 |
| 2020 | 395,679 |
| 2021 | 400,976 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 5,940 people in 2021, 76% of the figure in Düzce.
- SakaryaSakarya: also Yılmaz, with 16,575 people in 2021, 2.1 times as many as in Düzce.
- ZonguldakZonguldak: also Yılmaz, with 9,901 people in 2021, 1.3 times as many as in Düzce.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Düzce’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 7,638 | Şahin 4,700 | Aydın 4,355 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 7,686 | Şahin 4,728 | Aydın 4,428 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 7,769 | Şahin 4,799 | Aydın 4,480 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 7,821 | Şahin 4,816 | Aydın 4,521 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 7,857 | Şahin 4,904 | Aydın 4,617 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 7,896 | Şahin 5,028 | Aydın 4,626 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 7,944 | Şahin 5,059 | Aydın 4,648 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 8,034 | Şahin 5,106 | Aydın 4,673 |
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