Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 38

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Kayseri

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kayseri is Yılmaz: 19,616 people in 2025. Şahin is second with 18,368. Yılmaz has led Kayseri every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
19,6161
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
13.42
Yılmaz
Population
1,458,9912
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Kayseri, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 19,616 13.4 1
02 Şahin 18,368 12.6 6
03 Yıldırım 13,434 9.2 7
04 Yıldız 13,403 9.2 5
05 Doğan 13,347 9.1 12
06 Kaya 12,565 8.6 2
07 Öztürk 12,289 8.4 8
08 Demir 11,022 7.6 3
09 Özdemir 10,693 7.3 10
10 Çelik 9,239 6.3 4
11 Arslan 8,814 6.0 11
12 Kılıç 8,643 5.9 13
13 Aydın 7,672 5.3 9
14 Erdoğan 7,471 5.1 26
15 Şimşek 6,789 4.7 20
16 Koç 6,490 4.4 18
17 Polat 6,263 4.3 19
18 Aslan 6,242 4.3 14
19 Özkan 6,195 4.2 22
20 Bulut 5,101 3.5 –
21 Çetin 4,935 3.4 15
22 Kara 4,536 3.1 16
23 Karakaya 4,491 3.1 –
24 Özcan 4,448 3.0 25
25 Ünal 4,404 3.0 –
26 Coşkun 4,331 3.0 –
27 Bozkurt 4,204 2.9 –
28 Korkmaz 4,078 2.8 21
29 Özer 4,055 2.8 –
30 Kahraman 4,030 2.8 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Kayseri’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 1,458,991 in 2025, about 13.4 in every 1,000 people in Kayseri are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 247,168 people, 16.9% of the population.1,2

Kayseri lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.0% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 1.4 m 1.43 m 1.45 m 20182019202020212022202320242025 1,389,680 1,407,409 1,421,455 1,434,357 1,441,523 1,445,683 1,452,458 1,458,991 TÜİK · ADNKS 1.4 m 1.43 m 1.45 m ’18’20’22’24’25 1,389,680 1,407,409 1,421,455 1,434,357 1,441,523 1,445,683 1,452,458 1,458,991
Population of Kayseri, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 26,146 people in 2025, 1.3 times as many as in Kayseri.
  • KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,767 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 4th there with 10,349.
  • NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,774 people in 2025, 24% of the figure in Kayseri.
  • NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,303 people in 2025, 27% of the figure in Kayseri.
  • SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,172 people in 2025, 57% of the figure in Kayseri.
  • YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,409 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 2nd there with 6,654.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Kayseri’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 18,577Şahin 17,561Yıldırım 12,820
2019 Yılmaz 18,770Şahin 17,647Yıldırım 12,927
2020 Yılmaz 19,035Şahin 17,778Yıldırım 13,141
2021 Yılmaz 19,117Şahin 17,992Yıldırım 13,231
2022 Yılmaz 19,227Şahin 18,071Yıldız 13,225
2023 Yılmaz 19,289Şahin 18,182Yıldırım 13,263
2024 Yılmaz 19,508Şahin 18,246Yıldırım 13,368
2025 Yılmaz 19,616Şahin 18,368Yıldırım 13,434

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries