Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 38
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Kayseri 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kayseri is Yılmaz: 19,227 people in 2022. Şahin is second with 18,071. Yılmaz has led Kayseri every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kayseri, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 19,227 | 13.3 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 18,071 | 12.5 | 6 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 13,225 | 9.2 | 5 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 13,222 | 9.2 | 7 |
| 05 | Doğan | 13,065 | 9.1 | 12 |
| 06 | Kaya | 12,336 | 8.6 | 2 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 12,092 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 08 | Demir | 10,730 | 7.4 | 3 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 10,579 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 10 | Çelik | 9,068 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 11 | Arslan | 8,688 | 6.0 | 11 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 8,441 | 5.9 | 13 |
| 13 | Aydın | 7,465 | 5.2 | 9 |
| 14 | Erdoğan | 7,463 | 5.2 | 26 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 6,782 | 4.7 | 20 |
| 16 | Koç | 6,433 | 4.5 | 18 |
| 17 | Aslan | 6,204 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 18 | Polat | 6,148 | 4.3 | 19 |
| 19 | Özkan | 6,128 | 4.3 | 22 |
| 20 | Bulut | 4,983 | 3.5 | – |
| 21 | Çetin | 4,778 | 3.3 | 15 |
| 22 | Kara | 4,501 | 3.1 | 16 |
| 23 | Karakaya | 4,487 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | Ünal | 4,416 | 3.1 | – |
| 25 | Özcan | 4,413 | 3.1 | 25 |
| 26 | Coşkun | 4,321 | 3.0 | – |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 4,152 | 2.9 | – |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 4,100 | 2.8 | 21 |
| 29 | Kahraman | 4,032 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Özer | 3,968 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kayseri’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,441,523 in 2022, about 13.3 in every 1,000 people in Kayseri are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 243,518 people, 16.9% of the population.1,2
Kayseri lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.7% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 1,389,680 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,407,409 |
| 2020 | 1,421,455 |
| 2021 | 1,434,357 |
| 2022 | 1,441,523 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 26,197 people in 2022, 1.4 times as many as in Kayseri.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,921 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 5th there with 10,545.
- NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,620 people in 2022, 24% of the figure in Kayseri.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,247 people in 2022, 27% of the figure in Kayseri.
- SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,315 people in 2022, 59% of the figure in Kayseri.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,518 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 2nd there with 6,859.
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