Province·Black Sea Region·Code 81
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Düzce 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Düzce is Yılmaz: 7,944 people in 2024. Şahin is second with 5,059. Yılmaz has led Düzce every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Düzce, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 7,944 | 19.3 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 5,059 | 12.3 | 6 |
| 03 | Aydın | 4,648 | 11.3 | 9 |
| 04 | Öztürk | 4,118 | 10.0 | 8 |
| 05 | Arslan | 3,822 | 9.3 | 11 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 3,618 | 8.8 | 5 |
| 07 | Demir | 3,494 | 8.5 | 3 |
| 08 | Yıldırım | 3,442 | 8.3 | 7 |
| 09 | Çelik | 3,264 | 7.9 | 4 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 3,099 | 7.5 | 10 |
| 11 | Kaya | 2,782 | 6.7 | 2 |
| 12 | Çakır | 2,659 | 6.4 | 24 |
| 13 | Kurt | 2,559 | 6.2 | 17 |
| 14 | Acar | 2,154 | 5.2 | 28 |
| 15 | Kılıç | 2,129 | 5.2 | 13 |
| 16 | Yavuz | 2,126 | 5.2 | 23 |
| 17= | Kara | 1,945 | 4.7 | 16 |
| 17= | Koç | 1,945 | 4.7 | 18 |
| 18 | İlhan | 1,722 | 4.2 | – |
| 19 | Şen | 1,712 | 4.2 | – |
| 20 | Yüksel | 1,690 | 4.1 | – |
| 21 | Keskin | 1,659 | 4.0 | – |
| 22 | Çalışkan | 1,640 | 4.0 | – |
| 23 | Baş | 1,623 | 3.9 | – |
| 24 | Güler | 1,584 | 3.8 | – |
| 25 | Çetin | 1,515 | 3.7 | 15 |
| 26 | Özcan | 1,462 | 3.5 | 25 |
| 27 | Yalçın | 1,446 | 3.5 | – |
| 28 | Keleş | 1,442 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Işık | 1,428 | 3.5 | – |
| 30 | Ceylan | 1,392 | 3.4 | – |
How do these counts compare with Düzce’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 412,344 in 2024, about 19.3 in every 1,000 people in Düzce are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 81,122 people, 19.7% of the population.1,2
Düzce lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 6.3% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 387,844 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 392,166 |
| 2020 | 395,679 |
| 2021 | 400,976 |
| 2022 | 405,131 |
| 2023 | 409,865 |
| 2024 | 412,344 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,122 people in 2024, 77% of the figure in Düzce.
- SakaryaSakarya: also Yılmaz, with 17,390 people in 2024, 2.2 times as many as in Düzce.
- ZonguldakZonguldak: also Yılmaz, with 9,736 people in 2024, 1.2 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