Province·Black Sea Region·Code 78
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Karabük
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Karabük is Yılmaz: 4,892 people in 2025. It leads by a wide margin, 1.7 times as many bearers as Özdemir in second place. Yılmaz has led Karabük every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Karabük, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,892 | 19.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Özdemir | 2,813 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 03 | Kaya | 2,456 | 9.8 | 2 |
| 04 | Öztürk | 2,184 | 8.7 | 8 |
| 05 | Demir | 2,180 | 8.7 | 3 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 2,126 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 07 | Ünal | 1,981 | 7.9 | – |
| 08 | Şahin | 1,942 | 7.8 | 6 |
| 09 | Çelik | 1,897 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 10 | Aydın | 1,895 | 7.6 | 9 |
| 11 | Arslan | 1,595 | 6.4 | 11 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 1,535 | 6.1 | 5 |
| 13 | Çetin | 1,243 | 5.0 | 15 |
| 14 | Kara | 1,151 | 4.6 | 16 |
| 15 | Acar | 1,125 | 4.5 | 28 |
| 16 | Doğan | 1,063 | 4.3 | 12 |
| 17= | Aslan | 1,036 | 4.2 | 14 |
| 17= | Bozkurt | 1,036 | 4.2 | – |
| 18 | Coşkun | 1,028 | 4.1 | – |
| 19 | Çetinkaya | 1,003 | 4.0 | – |
| 20 | Kılıç | 984 | 3.9 | 13 |
| 21 | Aksoy | 949 | 3.8 | – |
| 22 | Yavuz | 931 | 3.7 | 23 |
| 23 | Bostancı | 920 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Özcan | 919 | 3.7 | 25 |
| 25 | Özkan | 901 | 3.6 | 22 |
| 26 | Demirci | 877 | 3.5 | – |
| 27 | Dereli | 867 | 3.5 | – |
| 28 | Yalçın | 860 | 3.4 | – |
| 29 | Çakır | 852 | 3.4 | 24 |
| 30 | Erdoğan | 805 | 3.2 | 26 |
How do these counts compare with Karabük’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 249,614 in 2025, about 19.6 in every 1,000 people in Karabük are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 46,046 people, 18.4% of the population.1,2
Karabük lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.6% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 248,014 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 248,458 |
| 2020 | 243,614 |
| 2021 | 249,287 |
| 2022 | 252,058 |
| 2023 | 255,242 |
| 2024 | 250,478 |
| 2025 | 249,614 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BartınBartın: also Yılmaz, with 3,051 people in 2025, 62% of the figure in Karabük.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,106 people in 2025, 1.2 times as many as in Karabük.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,525 people in 2025, 52% of the figure in Karabük.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,866 people in 2025, 1.4 times as many as in Karabük.
- ZonguldakZonguldak: also Yılmaz, with 9,732 people in 2025, 2.0 times as many as in Karabük.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Karabük’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 4,920 | Özdemir 2,891 | Kaya 2,528 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 4,870 | Özdemir 2,865 | Kaya 2,514 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 4,803 | Özdemir 2,871 | Kaya 2,456 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 4,819 | Özdemir 2,876 | Kaya 2,463 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 4,901 | Özdemir 2,879 | Kaya 2,515 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 5,050 | Özdemir 2,872 | Kaya 2,528 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 4,935 | Özdemir 2,841 | Kaya 2,470 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 4,892 | Özdemir 2,813 | Kaya 2,456 |
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