Province·Black Sea Region·Code 37
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Kastamonu 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kastamonu is Yılmaz: 6,731 people in 2022. 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, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 6,731 | 17.8 | 1 |
| 02 | Demir | 3,885 | 10.3 | 3 |
| 03 | Çelik | 3,359 | 8.9 | 4 |
| 04 | Kaya | 3,340 | 8.8 | 2 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 2,970 | 7.9 | 10 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 2,685 | 7.1 | 5 |
| 07 | Kara | 2,498 | 6.6 | 16 |
| 08 | Şahin | 2,349 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,264 | 6.0 | 8 |
| 10 | Aydın | 2,174 | 5.7 | 9 |
| 11 | Arslan | 2,061 | 5.5 | 11 |
| 12 | Ünal | 1,893 | 5.0 | – |
| 13 | Acar | 1,856 | 4.9 | 28 |
| 14 | Demirci | 1,785 | 4.7 | – |
| 15 | Yıldırım | 1,700 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 16 | Özcan | 1,603 | 4.2 | 25 |
| 17 | Özkan | 1,546 | 4.1 | 22 |
| 18 | Doğan | 1,474 | 3.9 | 12 |
| 19 | Şen | 1,432 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Köse | 1,195 | 3.2 | – |
| 21 | Korkmaz | 1,194 | 3.2 | 21 |
| 22 | Kılıç | 1,138 | 3.0 | 13 |
| 23 | Güler | 1,103 | 2.9 | – |
| 24 | Çetin | 1,096 | 2.9 | 15 |
| 25 | Can | 1,061 | 2.8 | 27 |
| 26 | Baş | 991 | 2.6 | – |
| 27 | Kurt | 990 | 2.6 | 17 |
| 28 | Yüksel | 981 | 2.6 | – |
| 29 | Tekin | 949 | 2.5 | – |
| 30 | Aslan | 946 | 2.5 | 14 |
How do these counts compare with Kastamonu’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 378,115 in 2022, about 17.8 in every 1,000 people in Kastamonu are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 59,249 people, 15.7% of the population.1,2
Kastamonu lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 1.4% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 383,373 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 379,405 |
| 2020 | 376,377 |
| 2021 | 375,592 |
| 2022 | 378,115 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BartınBartın: also Yılmaz, with 3,063 people in 2022, 46% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,483 people in 2022, 37% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,751 people); Yılmaz, first in Kastamonu, ranks 2nd there with 5,861.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,901 people in 2022, 73% of the figure in Kastamonu.
- SinopSinop: also Yılmaz, with 4,191 people in 2022, 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