Province·Black Sea Region·Code 37
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Kastamonu 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kastamonu is Yılmaz: 6,633 people in 2021. It leads by a wide margin, 1.7 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, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 6,633 | 17.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Demir | 3,824 | 10.2 | 3 |
| 03 | Kaya | 3,319 | 8.8 | 2 |
| 04 | Çelik | 3,303 | 8.8 | 4 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 2,917 | 7.8 | 10 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 2,662 | 7.1 | 5 |
| 07 | Kara | 2,518 | 6.7 | 16 |
| 08 | Şahin | 2,319 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,247 | 6.0 | 8 |
| 10 | Aydın | 2,148 | 5.7 | 9 |
| 11 | Arslan | 2,059 | 5.5 | 11 |
| 12 | Ünal | 1,895 | 5.0 | – |
| 13 | Acar | 1,884 | 5.0 | 28 |
| 14 | Demirci | 1,778 | 4.7 | – |
| 15 | Yıldırım | 1,615 | 4.3 | 7 |
| 16 | Özcan | 1,582 | 4.2 | 25 |
| 17 | Özkan | 1,523 | 4.1 | 22 |
| 18 | Doğan | 1,429 | 3.8 | 12 |
| 19 | Şen | 1,418 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Korkmaz | 1,176 | 3.1 | 21 |
| 21 | Köse | 1,164 | 3.1 | – |
| 22 | Kılıç | 1,091 | 2.9 | 13 |
| 23 | Güler | 1,080 | 2.9 | – |
| 24 | Çetin | 1,075 | 2.9 | 15 |
| 25 | Can | 1,041 | 2.8 | 27 |
| 26 | Baş | 1,004 | 2.7 | – |
| 27 | Kurt | 984 | 2.6 | 17 |
| 28 | Yüksel | 968 | 2.6 | – |
| 29 | Öz | 962 | 2.6 | – |
| 30 | Ay | 948 | 2.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kastamonu’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 375,592 in 2021, about 17.7 in every 1,000 people in Kastamonu are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 58,566 people, 15.6% of the population.1,2
Kastamonu lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.0% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 383,373 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 379,405 |
| 2020 | 376,377 |
| 2021 | 375,592 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BartınBartın: also Yılmaz, with 3,028 people in 2021, 46% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,501 people in 2021, 38% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,800 people); Yılmaz, first in Kastamonu, ranks 2nd there with 5,803.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,819 people in 2021, 73% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- SinopSinop: also Yılmaz, with 4,126 people in 2021, 62% 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