Province·Black Sea Region·Code 29
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Gümüşhane 2019
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Gümüşhane is Yılmaz: 3,561 people in 2019. Kaya is second with 3,195. Yılmaz has led Gümüşhane every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Gümüşhane, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 3,561 | 21.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 3,195 | 19.4 | 2 |
| 03 | Şahin | 2,770 | 16.8 | 6 |
| 04 | Demir | 2,731 | 16.6 | 3 |
| 05 | Çelik | 2,181 | 13.3 | 4 |
| 06 | Mutlu | 1,955 | 11.9 | – |
| 07 | Aydın | 1,845 | 11.2 | 9 |
| 08 | Kılıç | 1,586 | 9.6 | 13 |
| 09 | Meral | 1,525 | 9.3 | – |
| 10 | Yıldız | 1,451 | 8.8 | 5 |
| 11 | Arslan | 1,327 | 8.1 | 11 |
| 12 | Doğan | 1,322 | 8.0 | 12 |
| 13 | Keleş | 1,212 | 7.4 | – |
| 14 | Kara | 1,169 | 7.1 | 16 |
| 15 | Özdemir | 1,162 | 7.1 | 10 |
| 16 | Öztürk | 1,153 | 7.0 | 8 |
| 17 | Koç | 1,125 | 6.8 | 18 |
| 18 | Nas | 1,095 | 6.7 | – |
| 19 | Yıldırım | 1,080 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 20 | Zengin | 1,023 | 6.2 | – |
| 21 | Gül | 952 | 5.8 | – |
| 22 | Şimşek | 935 | 5.7 | 20 |
| 23 | Polat | 849 | 5.2 | 19 |
| 24 | Sarı | 818 | 5.0 | – |
| 25 | Erdoğan | 784 | 4.8 | 26 |
| 26 | Aslan | 772 | 4.7 | 14 |
| 27 | Yavuz | 760 | 4.6 | 25 |
| 28 | Turan | 738 | 4.5 | – |
| 29 | Demirci | 727 | 4.4 | – |
| 30 | Çakır | 725 | 4.4 | 23 |
How do these counts compare with Gümüşhane’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 164,521 in 2019, about 21.6 in every 1,000 people in Gümüşhane are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 42,528 people, 25.8% of the population.1,2
Gümüşhane lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.1% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 162,748 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 164,521 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BayburtBayburt: Bayram leads (842 people); Yılmaz, first in Gümüşhane, ranks 2nd there with 835.
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,704 people in 2019, almost exactly as many as in Gümüşhane.
- GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,367 people in 2019, 3.5 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
- TrabzonTrabzon: also Yılmaz, with 18,409 people in 2019, 5.2 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Gümüşhane’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 3,520 | Kaya 2,942 | Demir 2,901 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 3,561 | Kaya 3,195 | Şahin 2,770 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 3,142 | Kaya 2,703 | Demir 2,443 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 3,199 | Kaya 2,862 | Demir 2,580 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 3,095 | Kaya 2,745 | Şahin 2,357 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 3,253 | Kaya 2,774 | Demir 2,518 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 3,048 | Kaya 2,694 | Şahin 2,344 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 2,952 | Kaya 2,498 | Şahin 2,296 |
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