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TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Isparta 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Isparta is Yılmaz: 6,524 people in 2022. Çelik is second with 5,957. Yılmaz has led Isparta every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Isparta in 2022?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 6,524 | 14.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 5,957 | 13.4 | 4 |
| 03 | Kaya | 4,964 | 11.1 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 4,015 | 9.0 | 7 |
| 05 | Yıldız | 3,843 | 8.6 | 5 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 3,743 | 8.4 | 10 |
| 07 | Çetin | 3,270 | 7.3 | 15 |
| 08 | Demir | 3,203 | 7.2 | 3 |
| 09 | Uysal | 3,178 | 7.1 | – |
| 10 | Korkmaz | 3,093 | 6.9 | 21 |
| 11 | Doğan | 2,921 | 6.6 | 12 |
| 12 | Şahin | 2,818 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 13 | Öztürk | 2,432 | 5.5 | 8 |
| 14 | Yavuz | 2,321 | 5.2 | 23 |
| 15 | Özkan | 2,296 | 5.2 | 22 |
| 16 | Erdoğan | 2,207 | 5.0 | 26 |
| 17 | Ünal | 2,161 | 4.9 | – |
| 18 | Kılınç | 2,112 | 4.7 | – |
| 19 | Çetinkaya | 2,019 | 4.5 | – |
| 20 | Yalçın | 1,830 | 4.1 | – |
| 21 | Arslan | 1,717 | 3.9 | 11 |
| 22 | Özcan | 1,708 | 3.8 | 25 |
| 23 | Aslan | 1,692 | 3.8 | 14 |
| 24 | Aydın | 1,652 | 3.7 | 9 |
| 25 | Gürdal | 1,621 | 3.6 | – |
| 26 | Aydemir | 1,552 | 3.5 | – |
| 27 | Kara | 1,520 | 3.4 | 16 |
| 28 | Sarı | 1,506 | 3.4 | – |
| 29 | Demiralay | 1,466 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Köse | 1,438 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Isparta’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 445,325 in 2022, about 14.6 in every 1,000 people in Isparta are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 80,779 people, 18.1% of the population.1,2
Isparta lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.9% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 441,412 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 444,914 |
| 2020 | 440,304 |
| 2021 | 445,678 |
| 2022 | 445,325 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afyonkarahisar | Yılmaz9,884 | Çelik8,802 | Yıldırım7,035 |
| Antalya | Yılmaz38,917 | Kaya25,921 | Demir24,045 |
| Burdur | Yılmaz3,430 | Çelik2,898 | Kaya2,793 |
| Konya | Yılmaz24,185 | Çelik17,406 | Kaya17,087 |
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,884 people in 2022, 1.5 times as many as in Isparta.
- AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 38,917 people in 2022, 6.0 times as many as in Isparta.
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,430 people in 2022, 53% of the figure in Isparta.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,185 people in 2022, 3.7 times as many as in Isparta.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Isparta’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 6,556 | Çelik 5,859 | Kaya 4,983 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 6,618 | Çelik 5,922 | Kaya 4,971 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 6,539 | Çelik 5,854 | Kaya 4,930 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 6,543 | Çelik 5,966 | Kaya 4,951 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 6,524 | Çelik 5,957 | Kaya 4,964 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Mediterranean Region?
Adding the published 2022 lists of the 8 provinces in the same region as Isparta puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 132,984 | 8 |
| Kaya | 104,826 | 8 |
| Demir | 102,651 | 8 |
| Çelik | 84,840 | 8 |
| Yıldız | 81,179 | 8 |
| Yıldırım | 80,997 | 8 |
| Şahin | 80,297 | 8 |
| Özdemir | 69,752 | 8 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Isparta between 2021 and 2022?
In Isparta’s top 30 list between 2021 and 2022, no new surname entered; 2 moved up, 2 moved down and 26 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2021 | 2022 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | −19 |
| Çelik | 2 | 2 | −9 |
| Kaya | 3 | 3 | +13 |
| Yıldırım | 4 | 4 | +8 |
| Yıldız | 5 | 5 | +16 |
| Özdemir | 6 | 6 | −32 |
| Çetin | 7 | 7 | +31 |
| Demir | 8 | 8 | −5 |
| Uysal | 9 | 9 | +23 |
| Korkmaz | 10 | 10 | +33 |
| Doğan | 11 | 11 | +19 |
| Şahin | 12 | 12 | +8 |
| Öztürk | 13 | 13 | +32 |
| Yavuz | 14 | 14 | −2 |
| Özkan | 15 | 15 | −7 |
| Erdoğan | 16 | 16 | −2 |
| Ünal | 17 | 17 | +4 |
| Kılınç | 18 | 18 | +14 |
| Çetinkaya | 19 | 19 | −9 |
| Yalçın | 20 | 20 | −22 |
| Arslan | 22 | 21 | +35 |
| Özcan | 21 | 22 | −21 |
| Aslan | 23 | 23 | +13 |
| Aydın | 24 | 24 | −1 |
| Gürdal | 25 | 25 | −1 |
| Aydemir | 26 | 26 | ±0 |
| Kara | 28 | 27 | +43 |
| Sarı | 27 | 28 | +17 |
| Demiralay | 29 | 29 | −6 |
| Köse | 30 | 30 | −18 |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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