Province·Black Sea Region·Code 29
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Gümüşhane 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Gümüşhane is Yılmaz: 3,199 people in 2021. Kaya is second with 2,862. Yılmaz has led Gümüşhane every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Gümüşhane, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 3,199 | 21.3 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 2,862 | 19.1 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,580 | 17.2 | 3 |
| 04 | Şahin | 2,427 | 16.2 | 6 |
| 05 | Çelik | 2,067 | 13.8 | 4 |
| 06 | Aydın | 1,697 | 11.3 | 9 |
| 07 | Mutlu | 1,563 | 10.4 | – |
| 08 | Meral | 1,458 | 9.7 | – |
| 09 | Kılıç | 1,405 | 9.4 | 13 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 1,330 | 8.9 | 5 |
| 11 | Doğan | 1,260 | 8.4 | 12 |
| 12 | Arslan | 1,172 | 7.8 | 11 |
| 13 | Öztürk | 1,112 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 14 | Kara | 1,095 | 7.3 | 16 |
| 15 | Özdemir | 1,037 | 6.9 | 10 |
| 16 | Keleş | 1,033 | 6.9 | – |
| 17 | Nas | 970 | 6.5 | – |
| 18 | Yıldırım | 954 | 6.4 | 7 |
| 19 | Koç | 946 | 6.3 | 18 |
| 20 | Zengin | 932 | 6.2 | – |
| 21 | Gül | 811 | 5.4 | – |
| 22 | Şimşek | 791 | 5.3 | 20 |
| 23 | Polat | 754 | 5.0 | 19 |
| 24 | Sarı | 752 | 5.0 | – |
| 25 | Aslan | 745 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 26 | Yavuz | 713 | 4.7 | 24 |
| 27 | Turan | 682 | 4.5 | – |
| 28 | Demirci | 681 | 4.5 | – |
| 29 | Erdoğan | 677 | 4.5 | 26 |
| 30 | Çakır | 659 | 4.4 | 23 |
How do these counts compare with Gümüşhane’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 150,119 in 2021, about 21.3 in every 1,000 people in Gümüşhane are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 38,364 people, 25.6% of the population.1,2
Gümüşhane lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 7.8% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 162,748 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 164,521 |
| 2020 | 141,702 |
| 2021 | 150,119 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BayburtBayburt: also Yılmaz, with 878 people in 2021, 27% of the figure in Gümüşhane.
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,769 people in 2021, 1.2 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
- GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,533 people in 2021, 3.9 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
- TrabzonTrabzon: also Yılmaz, with 18,580 people in 2021, 5.8 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