Province·Black Sea Region·Code 28
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Giresun 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Giresun is Yılmaz: 12,618 people in 2022. Aydın is second with 10,949. Yılmaz has led Giresun every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Giresun, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,618 | 28.0 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 10,949 | 24.3 | 9 |
| 03 | Özdemir | 6,115 | 13.6 | 10 |
| 04 | Öztürk | 6,001 | 13.3 | 8 |
| 05 | Kaya | 4,806 | 10.7 | 2 |
| 06 | Demir | 4,802 | 10.7 | 3 |
| 07 | Şahin | 4,670 | 10.4 | 6 |
| 08 | Kılıç | 4,361 | 9.7 | 13 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 3,688 | 8.2 | 5 |
| 10 | Çakır | 3,687 | 8.2 | 24 |
| 11 | Bayram | 3,260 | 7.2 | – |
| 12 | Kara | 2,927 | 6.5 | 16 |
| 13 | Arslan | 2,764 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 14 | Usta | 2,714 | 6.0 | – |
| 15 | Koç | 2,629 | 5.8 | 18 |
| 16 | Turan | 2,395 | 5.3 | – |
| 17 | Uzun | 2,175 | 4.8 | – |
| 18 | Çelik | 2,074 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 19 | Karaman | 2,070 | 4.6 | – |
| 20 | Yıldırım | 2,019 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 21 | Yavuz | 1,967 | 4.4 | 23 |
| 22 | Aksu | 1,883 | 4.2 | – |
| 23 | Akkaya | 1,851 | 4.1 | – |
| 24 | Köse | 1,742 | 3.9 | – |
| 25 | Kurt | 1,696 | 3.8 | 17 |
| 26 | Karakaya | 1,672 | 3.7 | – |
| 27 | Aslan | 1,610 | 3.6 | 14 |
| 28 | Keskin | 1,553 | 3.4 | – |
| 29 | Küçük | 1,536 | 3.4 | – |
| 30 | Öksüz | 1,504 | 3.3 | – |
How do these counts compare with Giresun’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 450,862 in 2022, about 28.0 in every 1,000 people in Giresun are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 103,738 people, 23.0% of the population.1,2
Giresun lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 0.7% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 453,912 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 448,400 |
| 2020 | 448,721 |
| 2021 | 450,154 |
| 2022 | 450,862 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,782 people in 2022, 30% of the figure in Giresun.
- GümüşhaneGümüşhane: also Yılmaz, with 3,095 people in 2022, 25% of the figure in Giresun.
- OrduOrdu: also Yılmaz, with 15,937 people in 2022, 1.3 times as many as in Giresun.
- SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,315 people in 2022, 90% of the figure in Giresun.
- TrabzonTrabzon: also Yılmaz, with 18,603 people in 2022, 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