Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 26
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Eskişehir 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Eskişehir is Yılmaz: 12,116 people in 2023. Kaya is second with 8,423. Yılmaz has led Eskişehir every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Eskişehir, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,116 | 13.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 8,423 | 9.2 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 7,487 | 8.2 | 3 |
| 04 | Çelik | 7,291 | 8.0 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 7,018 | 7.7 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 6,978 | 7.6 | 5 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 6,249 | 6.8 | 8 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 5,954 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 09 | Şahin | 5,546 | 6.1 | 6 |
| 10 | Çetin | 4,932 | 5.4 | 15 |
| 11 | Aydın | 4,690 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 12 | Özkan | 4,386 | 4.8 | 22 |
| 13 | Doğan | 4,253 | 4.6 | 12 |
| 14 | Özcan | 4,167 | 4.6 | 25 |
| 15 | Arslan | 3,961 | 4.3 | 11 |
| 16 | Kara | 3,528 | 3.9 | 16 |
| 17 | Şen | 3,527 | 3.9 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 3,463 | 3.8 | 13 |
| 19 | Çakır | 3,288 | 3.6 | 24 |
| 20 | Can | 3,164 | 3.5 | 27 |
| 21 | Ünal | 3,141 | 3.4 | – |
| 22 | Yavuz | 2,873 | 3.1 | 23 |
| 23 | Kurt | 2,778 | 3.0 | 17 |
| 24 | Erdoğan | 2,719 | 3.0 | 26 |
| 25 | Yüksel | 2,648 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Yalçın | 2,627 | 2.9 | – |
| 27 | Aktaş | 2,590 | 2.8 | 30 |
| 28 | Güler | 2,557 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Turan | 2,556 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Sarı | 2,521 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Eskişehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 915,418 in 2023, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Eskişehir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 137,431 people, 15.0% of the population.1,2
Eskişehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.1% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 871,187 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 887,475 |
| 2020 | 888,828 |
| 2021 | 898,369 |
| 2022 | 906,617 |
| 2023 | 915,418 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,983 people in 2023, 82% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 87,249 people in 2023, 7.2 times as many as in Eskişehir.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,366 people in 2023, 28% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,053 people in 2023, 50% of the figure in Eskişehir.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,456 people in 2023, 2.0 times as many as in Eskişehir.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,288 people in 2023, 52% 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