Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 26
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Eskişehir 2019
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Eskişehir is Yılmaz: 11,664 people in 2019. Kaya is second with 7,985. Yılmaz has led Eskişehir every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Eskişehir in 2019?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 11,664 | 13.1 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 7,985 | 9.0 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 7,004 | 7.9 | 3 |
| 04 | Çelik | 6,947 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 6,807 | 7.7 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 6,579 | 7.4 | 5 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 6,115 | 6.9 | 8 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 5,752 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 09 | Şahin | 5,224 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 10 | Çetin | 4,741 | 5.3 | 15 |
| 11 | Aydın | 4,500 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 12 | Özkan | 4,288 | 4.8 | 22 |
| 13 | Özcan | 4,133 | 4.7 | 24 |
| 14 | Doğan | 3,960 | 4.5 | 12 |
| 15 | Arslan | 3,754 | 4.2 | 11 |
| 16 | Kara | 3,568 | 4.0 | 16 |
| 17 | Şen | 3,502 | 3.9 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 3,272 | 3.7 | 13 |
| 19 | Çakır | 3,207 | 3.6 | 23 |
| 20 | Ünal | 3,105 | 3.5 | – |
| 21 | Can | 3,049 | 3.4 | 27 |
| 22 | Yavuz | 2,804 | 3.2 | 25 |
| 23 | Kurt | 2,711 | 3.1 | 17 |
| 24 | Erdoğan | 2,700 | 3.0 | 26 |
| 25 | Yüksel | 2,558 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Yalçın | 2,556 | 2.9 | – |
| 27 | Güler | 2,488 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Sarı | 2,455 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Turan | 2,421 | 2.7 | – |
| 30 | Aktaş | 2,415 | 2.7 | 30 |
How do these counts compare with Eskişehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 887,475 in 2019, about 13.1 in every 1,000 people in Eskişehir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 132,264 people, 14.9% of the population.1,2
Eskişehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.9% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 871,187 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 887,475 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afyonkarahisar | Yılmaz9,540 | Çelik8,609 | Yıldırım6,849 |
| Ankara | Yılmaz84,764 | Şahin58,855 | Yıldırım49,680 |
| Bilecik | Yılmaz3,261 | Kaya2,419 | Çelik2,366 |
| Bolu | Yılmaz5,859 | Öztürk4,249 | Özdemir3,606 |
| Konya | Yılmaz23,586 | Çelik17,050 | Kaya16,679 |
| Kütahya | Yılmaz6,421 | Demir5,274 | Öztürk5,201 |
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,540 people in 2019, 82% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 84,764 people in 2019, 7.3 times as many as in Eskişehir.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,261 people in 2019, 28% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 5,859 people in 2019, 50% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 23,586 people in 2019, 2.0 times as many as in Eskişehir.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,421 people in 2019, 55% of the figure in Eskişehir.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Eskişehir’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 11,582 | Kaya 7,897 | Demir 6,883 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 11,664 | Kaya 7,985 | Demir 7,004 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Central Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2019 lists of the 13 provinces in the same region as Eskişehir puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 183,329 | 13 |
| Şahin | 137,848 | 13 |
| Kaya | 113,277 | 13 |
| Yıldırım | 112,588 | 13 |
| Öztürk | 105,656 | 13 |
| Yıldız | 102,736 | 13 |
| Demir | 101,712 | 13 |
| Doğan | 98,070 | 13 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Eskişehir between 2018 and 2019?
In Eskişehir’s top 30 list between 2018 and 2019, no new surname entered; 1 moved up, 1 moved down and 28 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2018 | 2019 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +82 |
| Kaya | 2 | 2 | +88 |
| Demir | 3 | 3 | +121 |
| Çelik | 4 | 4 | +72 |
| Yıldırım | 5 | 5 | +151 |
| Yıldız | 6 | 6 | +138 |
| Öztürk | 7 | 7 | +63 |
| Özdemir | 8 | 8 | +93 |
| Şahin | 9 | 9 | +86 |
| Çetin | 10 | 10 | +62 |
| Aydın | 11 | 11 | +42 |
| Özkan | 12 | 12 | +20 |
| Özcan | 13 | 13 | +38 |
| Doğan | 14 | 14 | +73 |
| Arslan | 15 | 15 | +95 |
| Kara | 16 | 16 | +74 |
| Şen | 17 | 17 | +41 |
| Kılıç | 18 | 18 | +8 |
| Çakır | 19 | 19 | +13 |
| Ünal | 20 | 20 | +42 |
| Can | 21 | 21 | +80 |
| Yavuz | 22 | 22 | +30 |
| Kurt | 23 | 23 | +32 |
| Erdoğan | 24 | 24 | +22 |
| Yüksel | 26 | 25 | +28 |
| Yalçın | 25 | 26 | −2 |
| Güler | 27 | 27 | +21 |
| Sarı | 28 | 28 | +29 |
| Turan | 29 | 29 | +9 |
| Aktaş | 30 | 30 | +34 |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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