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TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Kayseri 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kayseri is Yılmaz: 18,577 people in 2018. Şahin is second with 17,561. Yılmaz has led Kayseri every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kayseri, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 18,577 | 13.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 17,561 | 12.6 | 6 |
| 03 | Yıldırım | 12,820 | 9.2 | 7 |
| 04 | Yıldız | 12,732 | 9.2 | 5 |
| 05 | Doğan | 12,512 | 9.0 | 12 |
| 06 | Kaya | 11,818 | 8.5 | 2 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 11,465 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 08 | Demir | 10,240 | 7.4 | 3 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 10,183 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 10 | Çelik | 8,725 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 11 | Arslan | 8,282 | 6.0 | 11 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 8,220 | 5.9 | 13 |
| 13 | Aydın | 7,086 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 14 | Erdoğan | 7,077 | 5.1 | 26 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 6,689 | 4.8 | 20 |
| 16 | Koç | 6,115 | 4.4 | 18 |
| 17 | Özkan | 5,979 | 4.3 | 22 |
| 18 | Polat | 5,972 | 4.3 | 19 |
| 19 | Aslan | 5,960 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 20 | Bulut | 4,792 | 3.4 | – |
| 21 | Çetin | 4,564 | 3.3 | 15 |
| 22 | Kara | 4,414 | 3.2 | 16 |
| 23 | Karakaya | 4,340 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | Özcan | 4,284 | 3.1 | 24 |
| 25 | Ünal | 4,260 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Coşkun | 4,166 | 3.0 | – |
| 27 | Korkmaz | 4,011 | 2.9 | 21 |
| 28 | Bozkurt | 3,985 | 2.9 | – |
| 29 | Kahraman | 3,845 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Özer | 3,835 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kayseri’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,389,680 in 2018, about 13.4 in every 1,000 people in Kayseri are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 234,509 people, 16.9% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 25,641 people in 2018, 1.4 times as many as in Kayseri.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,428 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 5th there with 10,137.
- NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,445 people in 2018, 24% of the figure in Kayseri.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,282 people in 2018, 28% of the figure in Kayseri.
- SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,458 people in 2018, 62% of the figure in Kayseri.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,837 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 2nd there with 6,967.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Kayseri’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 18,577 | Şahin 17,561 | Yıldırım 12,820 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 18,770 | Şahin 17,647 | Yıldırım 12,927 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 19,035 | Şahin 17,778 | Yıldırım 13,141 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 19,117 | Şahin 17,992 | Yıldırım 13,231 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 19,227 | Şahin 18,071 | Yıldız 13,225 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 19,289 | Şahin 18,182 | Yıldırım 13,263 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 19,508 | Şahin 18,246 | Yıldırım 13,368 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 19,616 | Şahin 18,368 | Yıldırım 13,434 |
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