Province·Marmara Region·Code 22
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Edirne 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Edirne is Yılmaz: 4,253 people in 2020. Çelik is second with 2,783. Yılmaz has led Edirne every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Edirne, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,253 | 10.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 2,783 | 6.8 | 4 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,523 | 6.2 | 3 |
| 04 | Öztürk | 2,380 | 5.8 | 8 |
| 05 | Kaya | 2,301 | 5.6 | 2 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 2,226 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 07 | Şahin | 2,048 | 5.0 | 6 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 2,025 | 5.0 | 10 |
| 09 | Çetin | 2,015 | 4.9 | 15 |
| 10 | Aydın | 1,931 | 4.7 | 9 |
| 11 | Yıldırım | 1,809 | 4.4 | 7 |
| 12 | Özkan | 1,703 | 4.2 | 22 |
| 13 | Kılıç | 1,691 | 4.1 | 13 |
| 14 | Çakır | 1,680 | 4.1 | 23 |
| 15 | Kurt | 1,567 | 3.8 | 17 |
| 16 | Engin | 1,383 | 3.4 | – |
| 17 | Özcan | 1,363 | 3.3 | 25 |
| 18 | Meriç | 1,340 | 3.3 | – |
| 19 | Koç | 1,305 | 3.2 | 18 |
| 20 | Can | 1,224 | 3.0 | 27 |
| 21 | Yavuz | 1,223 | 3.0 | 24 |
| 22 | Şen | 1,218 | 3.0 | – |
| 23 | Güler | 1,177 | 2.9 | – |
| 24 | Kara | 1,166 | 2.9 | 16 |
| 25 | Arslan | 1,138 | 2.8 | 11 |
| 26 | Bulut | 1,116 | 2.7 | – |
| 27 | Tuna | 1,079 | 2.6 | – |
| 28 | Keskin | 1,067 | 2.6 | – |
| 29 | Doğan | 1,061 | 2.6 | 12 |
| 30 | Arda | 1,040 | 2.6 | – |
How do these counts compare with Edirne’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 407,763 in 2020, about 10.4 in every 1,000 people in Edirne are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 50,835 people, 12.5% of the population.1,2
Edirne lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 0.9% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 411,528 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 413,903 |
| 2020 | 407,763 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ÇanakkaleÇanakkale: also Yılmaz, with 8,379 people in 2020, 2.0 times as many as in Edirne.
- KırklareliKırklareli: also Yılmaz, with 4,330 people in 2020, almost exactly as many as in Edirne.
- TekirdağTekirdağ: also Yılmaz, with 15,196 people in 2020, 3.6 times as many as in Edirne.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Edirne’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 4,374 | Çelik 2,769 | Demir 2,601 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 4,335 | Çelik 2,789 | Demir 2,602 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 4,253 | Çelik 2,783 | Demir 2,523 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 4,364 | Çelik 2,881 | Demir 2,613 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 4,366 | Çelik 2,910 | Demir 2,617 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 4,410 | Çelik 3,019 | Demir 2,660 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 4,421 | Çelik 3,018 | Demir 2,705 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 4,453 | Çelik 3,038 | Demir 2,712 |
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