Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 24

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Erzincan

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Erzincan is Yılmaz: 3,714 people in 2025. Kaya is second with 3,081. Yılmaz has led Erzincan every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
3,7141
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
15.52
Yılmaz
Population
239,6252
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
321

The 30 most common surnames in Erzincan, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 3,714 15.5 1
02 Kaya 3,081 12.9 2
03 Demir 3,041 12.7 3
04 Yıldız 2,618 10.9 5
05 Yıldırım 2,432 10.1 7
06 Doğan 2,134 8.9 12
07= Çelik 2,018 8.4 4
07= Polat 2,018 8.4 19
08 Kılıç 1,813 7.6 13
09 Şahin 1,805 7.5 6
10 Özdemir 1,680 7.0 10
11 Aydın 1,533 6.4 9
12 Koç 1,528 6.4 18
13 Arslan 1,257 5.2 11
14 Şimşek 1,221 5.1 20
15 Güneş 1,101 4.6 29
16 Gül 1,064 4.4 –
17 Öztürk 1,036 4.3 8
18 Mutlu 1,004 4.2 –
19 Can 978 4.1 27
20 Bulut 952 4.0 –
21 Korkmaz 938 3.9 21
22 Yalçın 902 3.8 –
23 Kurt 897 3.7 17
24 Aksu 834 3.5 –
25 Aktaş 831 3.5 30
26 Turan 796 3.3 –
27 Karadağ 742 3.1 –
28 Aslan 726 3.0 14
29 Taş 714 3.0 –
30= Ateş 707 3.0 –
30= Yavuz 707 3.0 23
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Erzincan’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 239,625 in 2025, about 15.5 in every 1,000 people in Erzincan are called Yılmaz. The 32 listed surnames together cover 46,822 people, 19.5% of the population.1,2

Erzincan lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.5% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 235 k 240 k 245 k 20182019202020212022202320242025 236,034 234,747 234,431 237,351 239,223 243,399 241,239 239,625 TÜİK · ADNKS 235 k 240 k 245 k ’18’20’22’24’25 236,034 234,747 234,431 237,351 239,223 243,399 241,239 239,625
Population of Erzincan, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • BayburtBayburt: also Yılmaz, with 855 people in 2025, 23% of the figure in Erzincan.
  • BingölBingöl: Kaya leads (3,873 people); Yılmaz, first in Erzincan, ranks 5th there with 1,739.
  • ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,502 people); Yılmaz, first in Erzincan, ranks 3rd there with 9,923.
  • ErzurumErzurum: also Yılmaz, with 10,589 people in 2025, 2.9 times as many as in Erzincan.
  • GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,598 people in 2025, 3.4 times as many as in Erzincan.
  • GümüşhaneGümüşhane: also Yılmaz, with 2,952 people in 2025, 79% of the figure in Erzincan.
  • MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (9,891 people); Yılmaz, first in Erzincan, ranks 4th there with 8,452.
  • SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,172 people in 2025, 3.0 times as many as in Erzincan.
  • TunceliTunceli: Demir leads (1,401 people); Yılmaz, first in Erzincan, ranks 7th there with 934.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Erzincan’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 3,757Kaya 3,096Demir 2,874
2019 Yılmaz 3,704Kaya 3,045Demir 2,928
2020 Yılmaz 3,765Kaya 3,062Demir 2,876
2021 Yılmaz 3,769Kaya 3,160Demir 2,938
2022 Yılmaz 3,782Kaya 3,126Demir 3,051
2023 Yılmaz 3,863Demir 3,132Kaya 3,111
2024 Yılmaz 3,787Demir 3,095Kaya 3,070
2025 Yılmaz 3,714Kaya 3,081Demir 3,041

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries