Province·Black Sea Region·Code 37
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Kastamonu 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kastamonu is Yılmaz: 6,632 people in 2020. It leads by a wide margin, 1.8 times as many bearers as Demir in second place. Yılmaz has led Kastamonu every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kastamonu, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 6,632 | 17.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Demir | 3,759 | 10.0 | 3 |
| 03 | Çelik | 3,287 | 8.7 | 4 |
| 04 | Kaya | 3,283 | 8.7 | 2 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 2,923 | 7.8 | 10 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 2,647 | 7.0 | 5 |
| 07 | Kara | 2,463 | 6.5 | 16 |
| 08 | Şahin | 2,308 | 6.1 | 6 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,274 | 6.0 | 8 |
| 10 | Aydın | 2,153 | 5.7 | 9 |
| 11 | Arslan | 2,040 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 12 | Ünal | 1,897 | 5.0 | – |
| 13 | Acar | 1,867 | 5.0 | 28 |
| 14 | Demirci | 1,751 | 4.7 | – |
| 15 | Yıldırım | 1,631 | 4.3 | 7 |
| 16 | Özcan | 1,612 | 4.3 | 25 |
| 17 | Özkan | 1,510 | 4.0 | 22 |
| 18 | Doğan | 1,418 | 3.8 | 12 |
| 19 | Şen | 1,393 | 3.7 | – |
| 20 | Köse | 1,187 | 3.2 | – |
| 21 | Korkmaz | 1,141 | 3.0 | 21 |
| 22 | Güler | 1,089 | 2.9 | – |
| 23 | Kılıç | 1,086 | 2.9 | 13 |
| 24 | Çetin | 1,082 | 2.9 | 15 |
| 25 | Can | 1,010 | 2.7 | 27 |
| 26 | Baş | 995 | 2.6 | – |
| 27 | Yüksel | 987 | 2.6 | – |
| 28 | Kurt | 964 | 2.6 | 17 |
| 29 | Ay | 949 | 2.5 | – |
| 30 | Öz | 946 | 2.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kastamonu’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 376,377 in 2020, about 17.6 in every 1,000 people in Kastamonu are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 58,284 people, 15.5% of the population.1,2
Kastamonu lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 1.8% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 383,373 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 379,405 |
| 2020 | 376,377 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BartınBartın: also Yılmaz, with 2,980 people in 2020, 45% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,450 people in 2020, 37% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,856 people); Yılmaz, first in Kastamonu, ranks 2nd there with 5,784.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,803 people in 2020, 72% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- SinopSinop: also Yılmaz, with 4,065 people in 2020, 61% of the figure in Kastamonu.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Kastamonu’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 6,807 | Demir 3,845 | Çelik 3,340 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 6,739 | Demir 3,832 | Kaya 3,280 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 6,632 | Demir 3,759 | Çelik 3,287 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 6,633 | Demir 3,824 | Kaya 3,319 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 6,731 | Demir 3,885 | Çelik 3,359 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 7,117 | Demir 4,050 | Çelik 3,509 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 6,950 | Demir 3,942 | Çelik 3,405 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 6,866 | Demir 3,914 | Çelik 3,380 |
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