Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 38
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Kayseri 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kayseri is Yılmaz: 19,508 people in 2024. Şahin is second with 18,246. Yılmaz has led Kayseri every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kayseri, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 19,508 | 13.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 18,246 | 12.6 | 6 |
| 03 | Yıldırım | 13,368 | 9.2 | 7 |
| 04 | Yıldız | 13,277 | 9.1 | 5 |
| 05 | Doğan | 13,245 | 9.1 | 12 |
| 06 | Kaya | 12,480 | 8.6 | 2 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 12,253 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 08 | Demir | 10,927 | 7.5 | 3 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 10,651 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 10 | Çelik | 9,219 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 11 | Arslan | 8,726 | 6.0 | 11 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 8,568 | 5.9 | 13 |
| 13 | Aydın | 7,564 | 5.2 | 9 |
| 14 | Erdoğan | 7,475 | 5.1 | 26 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 6,761 | 4.7 | 20 |
| 16 | Koç | 6,504 | 4.5 | 18 |
| 17 | Polat | 6,249 | 4.3 | 19 |
| 18 | Aslan | 6,204 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 19 | Özkan | 6,186 | 4.3 | 22 |
| 20 | Bulut | 5,075 | 3.5 | – |
| 21 | Çetin | 4,874 | 3.4 | 15 |
| 22 | Kara | 4,520 | 3.1 | 16 |
| 23 | Karakaya | 4,481 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | Özcan | 4,448 | 3.1 | 25 |
| 25 | Ünal | 4,443 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Coşkun | 4,357 | 3.0 | – |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 4,184 | 2.9 | – |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 4,071 | 2.8 | 21 |
| 29 | Kahraman | 4,035 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Özer | 4,013 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kayseri’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,452,458 in 2024, about 13.4 in every 1,000 people in Kayseri are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 245,912 people, 16.9% of the population.1,2
Kayseri lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 4.5% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 1,389,680 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,407,409 |
| 2020 | 1,421,455 |
| 2021 | 1,434,357 |
| 2022 | 1,441,523 |
| 2023 | 1,445,683 |
| 2024 | 1,452,458 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 26,063 people in 2024, 1.3 times as many as in Kayseri.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,549 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 4th there with 10,234.
- NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,685 people in 2024, 24% of the figure in Kayseri.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,312 people in 2024, 27% of the figure in Kayseri.
- SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,300 people in 2024, 58% of the figure in Kayseri.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,438 people); Yılmaz, first in Kayseri, ranks 2nd there with 6,730.
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