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TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Gümüşhane 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Gümüşhane is Yılmaz: 3,253 people in 2023. Kaya is second with 2,774. Yılmaz has led Gümüşhane every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Gümüşhane, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 3,253 | 21.9 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 2,774 | 18.7 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,518 | 17.0 | 3 |
| 04 | Şahin | 2,484 | 16.7 | 6 |
| 05 | Çelik | 1,937 | 13.0 | 4 |
| 06 | Aydın | 1,793 | 12.1 | 9 |
| 07 | Mutlu | 1,491 | 10.0 | – |
| 08 | Yıldız | 1,392 | 9.4 | 5 |
| 09 | Meral | 1,317 | 8.9 | – |
| 10 | Kılıç | 1,267 | 8.5 | 13 |
| 11 | Doğan | 1,235 | 8.3 | 12 |
| 12 | Kara | 1,160 | 7.8 | 16 |
| 13 | Arslan | 1,096 | 7.4 | 11 |
| 14 | Öztürk | 1,067 | 7.2 | 8 |
| 15 | Keleş | 1,062 | 7.1 | – |
| 16 | Özdemir | 976 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 17 | Yıldırım | 963 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 18 | Gül | 913 | 6.1 | – |
| 19 | Nas | 910 | 6.1 | – |
| 20 | Koç | 895 | 6.0 | 18 |
| 21 | Zengin | 858 | 5.8 | – |
| 22 | Polat | 778 | 5.2 | 19 |
| 23 | Yavuz | 769 | 5.2 | 23 |
| 24 | Sarı | 747 | 5.0 | – |
| 25 | Erdoğan | 739 | 5.0 | 26 |
| 26 | Demirci | 728 | 4.9 | – |
| 27 | Aslan | 720 | 4.8 | 14 |
| 28 | Şimşek | 658 | 4.4 | 20 |
| 29 | Şen | 643 | 4.3 | – |
| 30 | Çakır | 639 | 4.3 | 24 |
How do these counts compare with Gümüşhane’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 148,539 in 2023, about 21.9 in every 1,000 people in Gümüşhane are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 37,782 people, 25.4% of the population.1,2
Gümüşhane lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 8.7% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 162,748 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 164,521 |
| 2020 | 141,702 |
| 2021 | 150,119 |
| 2022 | 144,544 |
| 2023 | 148,539 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BayburtBayburt: Bayram leads (860 people); Yılmaz, first in Gümüşhane, ranks 2nd there with 859.
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,863 people in 2023, 1.2 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
- GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,720 people in 2023, 3.9 times as many as in Gümüşhane.
- TrabzonTrabzon: also Yılmaz, with 18,771 people in 2023, 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