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TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Kırıkkale 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kırıkkale is Yılmaz: 2,975 people in 2018. It is a close race: Şahin in second place is only 61 people behind. Yılmaz has led Kırıkkale every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kırıkkale, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 2,975 | 10.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 2,914 | 10.2 | 6 |
| 03 | Doğan | 2,603 | 9.1 | 12 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 2,360 | 8.2 | 7 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 2,103 | 7.3 | 8 |
| 06 | Arslan | 1,977 | 6.9 | 11 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 1,894 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 08 | Demir | 1,805 | 6.3 | 3 |
| 09 | Kılıç | 1,592 | 5.6 | 13 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 1,541 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 11 | Çelik | 1,404 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 12 | Kaya | 1,364 | 4.8 | 2 |
| 13 | Karakaya | 1,216 | 4.2 | – |
| 14 | Kaplan | 1,135 | 4.0 | – |
| 15 | Aydın | 1,107 | 3.9 | 9 |
| 16 | Çetin | 1,067 | 3.7 | 15 |
| 17 | Ceylan | 1,018 | 3.6 | – |
| 18 | Yeşilyurt | 983 | 3.4 | – |
| 19 | Aktaş | 961 | 3.4 | 30 |
| 20 | Aksoy | 918 | 3.2 | – |
| 21 | Erdoğan | 909 | 3.2 | 26 |
| 22 | Tekin | 896 | 3.1 | – |
| 23 | Köksal | 873 | 3.0 | – |
| 24 | Öcal | 848 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Demirel | 840 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Yüksel | 835 | 2.9 | – |
| 27 | Koç | 827 | 2.9 | 18 |
| 28 | Ünal | 822 | 2.9 | – |
| 29 | Bozkurt | 819 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Eroğlu | 811 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kırıkkale’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 286,602 in 2018, about 10.4 in every 1,000 people in Kırıkkale are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 41,417 people, 14.5% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 83,212 people in 2018, 28.0 times as many as in Kırıkkale.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,744 people in 2018, 92% of the figure in Kırıkkale.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,987 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırıkkale, ranks 2nd there with 5,828.
- KırşehirKırşehir: Şahin leads (4,505 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırıkkale, ranks 2nd there with 4,458.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,837 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırıkkale, ranks 2nd there with 6,967.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Kırıkkale’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 2,975 | Şahin 2,914 | Doğan 2,603 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 2,868 | Şahin 2,849 | Doğan 2,536 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 2,813 | Şahin 2,761 | Doğan 2,474 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 2,813 | Şahin 2,705 | Doğan 2,442 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 2,825 | Şahin 2,728 | Doğan 2,486 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 2,930 | Şahin 2,862 | Doğan 2,580 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 2,899 | Şahin 2,797 | Doğan 2,552 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 2,896 | Şahin 2,774 | Doğan 2,595 |
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