Province·Black Sea Region·Code 28
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Giresun 2019
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Giresun is Yılmaz: 12,367 people in 2019. Aydın is second with 10,816. Yılmaz has led Giresun every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Giresun, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,367 | 27.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 10,816 | 24.1 | 9 |
| 03 | Öztürk | 5,971 | 13.3 | 8 |
| 04 | Özdemir | 5,935 | 13.2 | 10 |
| 05 | Kaya | 4,785 | 10.7 | 2 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,674 | 10.4 | 3 |
| 07 | Şahin | 4,632 | 10.3 | 6 |
| 08 | Kılıç | 4,353 | 9.7 | 13 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 3,647 | 8.1 | 5 |
| 10 | Çakır | 3,597 | 8.0 | 23 |
| 11 | Bayram | 3,207 | 7.2 | – |
| 12 | Kara | 2,811 | 6.3 | 16 |
| 13 | Arslan | 2,722 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 14 | Usta | 2,700 | 6.0 | – |
| 15 | Koç | 2,637 | 5.9 | 18 |
| 16 | Turan | 2,372 | 5.3 | – |
| 17 | Uzun | 2,191 | 4.9 | – |
| 18 | Karaman | 2,091 | 4.7 | – |
| 19 | Yıldırım | 2,025 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 20 | Çelik | 2,020 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 21 | Yavuz | 2,019 | 4.5 | 25 |
| 22 | Aksu | 1,845 | 4.1 | – |
| 23 | Akkaya | 1,800 | 4.0 | – |
| 24 | Kurt | 1,703 | 3.8 | 17 |
| 25 | Köse | 1,698 | 3.8 | – |
| 26 | Karakaya | 1,656 | 3.7 | – |
| 27 | Keskin | 1,589 | 3.5 | – |
| 28 | Aslan | 1,544 | 3.4 | 14 |
| 29 | Küçük | 1,516 | 3.4 | – |
| 30 | Öksüz | 1,457 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Giresun’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 448,400 in 2019, about 27.6 in every 1,000 people in Giresun are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 102,380 people, 22.8% of the population.1,2
Giresun lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 1.2% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 453,912 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 448,400 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,704 people in 2019, 30% of the figure in Giresun.
- GümüşhaneGümüşhane: also Yılmaz, with 3,561 people in 2019, 29% of the figure in Giresun.
- OrduOrdu: also Yılmaz, with 15,877 people in 2019, 1.3 times as many as in Giresun.
- SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,329 people in 2019, 92% of the figure in Giresun.
- TrabzonTrabzon: also Yılmaz, with 18,409 people in 2019, 1.5 times as many as in Giresun.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Giresun’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 12,402 | Aydın 10,864 | Özdemir 6,016 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 12,367 | Aydın 10,816 | Öztürk 5,971 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 12,527 | Aydın 10,938 | Özdemir 6,007 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 12,533 | Aydın 10,981 | Özdemir 6,064 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 12,618 | Aydın 10,949 | Özdemir 6,115 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 12,720 | Aydın 11,130 | Özdemir 6,105 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 12,677 | Aydın 11,061 | Özdemir 6,062 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 12,598 | Aydın 11,109 | Özdemir 6,072 |
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