Province·Black Sea Region·Code 78
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Karabük 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Karabük is Yılmaz: 4,935 people in 2024. 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
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Karabük, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,935 | 19.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Özdemir | 2,841 | 11.3 | 10 |
| 03 | Kaya | 2,470 | 9.9 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 2,243 | 9.0 | 3 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 2,178 | 8.7 | 8 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 2,093 | 8.4 | 7 |
| 07 | Ünal | 1,983 | 7.9 | – |
| 08 | Şahin | 1,962 | 7.8 | 6 |
| 09 | Aydın | 1,924 | 7.7 | 9 |
| 10 | Çelik | 1,914 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 1,561 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 12 | Arslan | 1,558 | 6.2 | 11 |
| 13 | Çetin | 1,214 | 4.8 | 15 |
| 14 | Kara | 1,153 | 4.6 | 16 |
| 15 | Acar | 1,127 | 4.5 | 28 |
| 16 | Doğan | 1,076 | 4.3 | 12 |
| 17 | Bozkurt | 1,054 | 4.2 | – |
| 18 | Aslan | 1,047 | 4.2 | 14 |
| 19 | Coşkun | 1,019 | 4.1 | – |
| 20 | Çetinkaya | 997 | 4.0 | – |
| 21 | Kılıç | 970 | 3.9 | 13 |
| 22 | Aksoy | 949 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Bostancı | 932 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Yavuz | 921 | 3.7 | 23 |
| 25 | Özcan | 915 | 3.7 | 25 |
| 26 | Özkan | 911 | 3.6 | 22 |
| 27 | Demirci | 893 | 3.6 | – |
| 28 | Dereli | 865 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Yalçın | 859 | 3.4 | – |
| 30 | Çakır | 854 | 3.4 | 24 |
How do these counts compare with Karabük’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 250,478 in 2024, about 19.7 in every 1,000 people in Karabük are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 45,418 people, 18.1% of the population.1,2
Karabük lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.0% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 248,014 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 248,458 |
| 2020 | 243,614 |
| 2021 | 249,287 |
| 2022 | 252,058 |
| 2023 | 255,242 |
| 2024 | 250,478 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BartınBartın: also Yılmaz, with 3,075 people in 2024, 62% of the figure in Karabük.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,122 people in 2024, 1.2 times as many as in Karabük.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,540 people in 2024, 51% of the figure in Karabük.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,950 people in 2024, 1.4 times as many as in Karabük.
- ZonguldakZonguldak: also Yılmaz, with 9,736 people in 2024, 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