Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 38
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Kayseri 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kayseri is Yılmaz: 19,117 people in 2021. Şahin is second with 17,992. Yılmaz has led Kayseri every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kayseri, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 19,117 | 13.3 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 17,992 | 12.5 | 6 |
| 03 | Yıldırım | 13,231 | 9.2 | 7 |
| 04 | Yıldız | 13,063 | 9.1 | 5 |
| 05 | Doğan | 12,982 | 9.1 | 12 |
| 06 | Kaya | 12,240 | 8.5 | 2 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 12,009 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 08 | Demir | 10,658 | 7.4 | 3 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 10,487 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 10 | Çelik | 9,018 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 11 | Arslan | 8,699 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 8,445 | 5.9 | 13 |
| 13 | Erdoğan | 7,396 | 5.2 | 26 |
| 14 | Aydın | 7,336 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 6,769 | 4.7 | 20 |
| 16 | Koç | 6,366 | 4.4 | 18 |
| 17 | Aslan | 6,160 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 18 | Özkan | 6,111 | 4.3 | 22 |
| 19 | Polat | 6,081 | 4.2 | 19 |
| 20 | Bulut | 4,893 | 3.4 | – |
| 21 | Çetin | 4,737 | 3.3 | 15 |
| 22 | Kara | 4,506 | 3.1 | 16 |
| 23 | Karakaya | 4,446 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | Ünal | 4,395 | 3.1 | – |
| 25 | Özcan | 4,373 | 3.0 | 25 |
| 26 | Coşkun | 4,296 | 3.0 | – |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 4,087 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 4,074 | 2.8 | 21 |
| 29 | Kahraman | 4,012 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Özer | 3,947 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kayseri’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,434,357 in 2021, about 13.3 in every 1,000 people in Kayseri are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 241,926 people, 16.9% of the population.1,2
Kayseri lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.2% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 1,389,680 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,407,409 |
| 2020 | 1,421,455 |
| 2021 | 1,434,357 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 25,980 people in 2021, 1.4 times as many as in Kayseri.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,825 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 5th there with 10,433.
- NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,560 people in 2021, 24% of the figure in Kayseri.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,182 people in 2021, 27% of the figure in Kayseri.
- SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,316 people in 2021, 59% of the figure in Kayseri.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,566 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 2nd there with 6,889.
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