Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 26
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Eskişehir 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Eskişehir is Yılmaz: 11,731 people in 2020. Kaya is second with 7,978. Yılmaz has led Eskişehir every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Eskişehir, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 11,731 | 13.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 7,978 | 9.0 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 7,144 | 8.0 | 3 |
| 04 | Çelik | 7,037 | 7.9 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 6,832 | 7.7 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 6,672 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 6,099 | 6.9 | 8 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 5,749 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 09 | Şahin | 5,261 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 10 | Çetin | 4,794 | 5.4 | 15 |
| 11 | Aydın | 4,560 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 12 | Özkan | 4,287 | 4.8 | 22 |
| 13 | Özcan | 4,132 | 4.6 | 25 |
| 14 | Doğan | 3,966 | 4.5 | 12 |
| 15 | Arslan | 3,782 | 4.3 | 11 |
| 16 | Kara | 3,586 | 4.0 | 16 |
| 17 | Şen | 3,499 | 3.9 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 3,285 | 3.7 | 13 |
| 19 | Çakır | 3,225 | 3.6 | 23 |
| 20 | Ünal | 3,099 | 3.5 | – |
| 21 | Can | 3,071 | 3.5 | 27 |
| 22 | Yavuz | 2,817 | 3.2 | 24 |
| 23 | Kurt | 2,744 | 3.1 | 17 |
| 24 | Erdoğan | 2,699 | 3.0 | 26 |
| 25 | Yüksel | 2,584 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Yalçın | 2,577 | 2.9 | – |
| 27 | Güler | 2,500 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Sarı | 2,472 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Turan | 2,459 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Aktaş | 2,417 | 2.7 | 30 |
How do these counts compare with Eskişehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 888,828 in 2020, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Eskişehir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 133,058 people, 15.0% of the population.1,2
Eskişehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.0% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 871,187 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 887,475 |
| 2020 | 888,828 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,713 people in 2020, 83% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 85,520 people in 2020, 7.3 times as many as in Eskişehir.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,258 people in 2020, 28% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 5,878 people in 2020, 50% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 23,679 people in 2020, 2.0 times as many as in Eskişehir.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,365 people in 2020, 54% 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 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 11,731 | Kaya 7,978 | Demir 7,144 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 11,867 | Kaya 8,117 | Demir 7,179 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 11,995 | Kaya 8,258 | Demir 7,298 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 12,116 | Kaya 8,423 | Demir 7,487 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 12,252 | Kaya 8,539 | Demir 7,658 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 12,337 | Kaya 8,660 | Demir 7,810 |
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