Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 25

TÜİK · ADNKS 2024

The most common surnames in Erzurum 2024

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Erzurum is Yılmaz: 10,657 people in 2024. It is a close race: Kaya in second place is only 250 people behind. Yılmaz has led Erzurum every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
10,6571
ADNKS 2024
Per 1,000
14.32
Yılmaz
Population
745,0052
ADNKS 2024
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Erzurum, 2024

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 10,657 14.3 1
02 Kaya 10,407 14.0 2
03 Polat 9,492 12.7 19
04 Çelik 9,271 12.4 4
05 Yıldırım 9,080 12.2 7
06 Demir 8,415 11.3 3
07 Aydın 8,281 11.1 9
08 Yıldız 7,864 10.6 5
09 Özdemir 6,103 8.2 10
10 Kılıç 5,498 7.4 13
11 Arslan 4,900 6.6 11
12 Şahin 4,427 5.9 6
13 Öztürk 4,269 5.7 8
14 Doğan 4,212 5.7 12
15 Aktaş 3,998 5.4 30
16 Kara 3,977 5.3 16
17 Bingöl 3,921 5.3 –
18 Korkmaz 3,349 4.5 21
19 Şimşek 3,317 4.5 20
20 Koçak 3,167 4.3 –
21 Aslan 3,156 4.2 14
22 Kurt 3,135 4.2 17
23 Yavuz 3,133 4.2 23
24 Turan 2,941 3.9 –
25 Karataş 2,888 3.9 –
26 Coşkun 2,580 3.5 –
27 Güler 2,576 3.5 –
28 Aras 2,495 3.3 –
29 Güneş 2,429 3.3 29
30 Koç 2,343 3.1 18
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2024, 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 Erzurum’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 745,005 in 2024, about 14.3 in every 1,000 people in Erzurum are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 152,281 people, 20.4% of the population.1,2

Erzurum lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 3.0% between 2018 and 2024.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 750 k 760 k 770 k 2018201920202021202220232024 767,848 762,062 758,279 756,893 749,754 749,993 745,005 TÜİK · ADNKS 750 k 760 k 770 k ’18’20’22’24 767,848 762,062 758,279 756,893 749,754 749,993 745,005
Population of Erzurum, 2018–2024 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AğrıAğrı: Kaya leads (15,718 people); Yılmaz, first in Erzurum, ranks 9th there with 5,249.
  • ArdahanArdahan: also Yılmaz, with 2,999 people in 2024, 28% of the figure in Erzurum.
  • ArtvinArtvin: also Yılmaz, with 4,576 people in 2024, 43% of the figure in Erzurum.
  • BayburtBayburt: also Yılmaz, with 874 people in 2024, 8% of the figure in Erzurum.
  • BingölBingöl: Kaya leads (3,929 people); Yılmaz, first in Erzurum, ranks 6th there with 1,733.
  • ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,787 people in 2024, 36% of the figure in Erzurum.
  • KarsKars: Kaya leads (6,155 people); Yılmaz, first in Erzurum, ranks 5th there with 3,690.
  • MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,679 people); Yılmaz, first in Erzurum, ranks 3rd there with 4,869.
  • RizeRize: also Yılmaz, with 8,839 people in 2024, 83% of the figure in Erzurum.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Erzurum’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 11,067Kaya 10,700Polat 9,834
2019 Yılmaz 10,948Kaya 10,690Polat 9,803
2020 Yılmaz 10,909Kaya 10,622Polat 9,846
2021 Yılmaz 10,923Kaya 10,668Polat 9,757
2022 Yılmaz 10,774Kaya 10,605Polat 9,645
2023 Yılmaz 10,766Kaya 10,558Polat 9,611
2024 Yılmaz 10,657Kaya 10,407Polat 9,492
2025 Yılmaz 10,589Kaya 10,367Polat 9,429

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