Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 71
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Kırıkkale 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kırıkkale is Yılmaz: 2,930 people in 2023. It is a close race: Şahin in second place is only 68 people behind. Yılmaz has led Kırıkkale every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kırıkkale, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 2,930 | 10.3 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 2,862 | 10.0 | 6 |
| 03 | Doğan | 2,580 | 9.0 | 12 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 2,361 | 8.3 | 7 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 2,086 | 7.3 | 8 |
| 06 | Arslan | 1,946 | 6.8 | 11 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 1,852 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 08 | Demir | 1,825 | 6.4 | 3 |
| 09 | Kılıç | 1,615 | 5.7 | 13 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 1,580 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 11 | Çelik | 1,394 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 12 | Kaya | 1,368 | 4.8 | 2 |
| 13 | Karakaya | 1,284 | 4.5 | – |
| 14 | Kaplan | 1,161 | 4.1 | – |
| 15 | Aydın | 1,075 | 3.8 | 9 |
| 16 | Çetin | 1,049 | 3.7 | 15 |
| 17 | Ceylan | 1,008 | 3.5 | – |
| 18 | Aktaş | 971 | 3.4 | 30 |
| 19 | Yeşilyurt | 942 | 3.3 | – |
| 20 | Erdoğan | 884 | 3.1 | 26 |
| 21 | Demirel | 878 | 3.1 | – |
| 22 | Öcal | 869 | 3.0 | – |
| 23 | Tekin | 865 | 3.0 | – |
| 24 | Aksoy | 862 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Köksal | 854 | 3.0 | – |
| 26 | Şimşek | 829 | 2.9 | 20 |
| 27 | Koç | 825 | 2.9 | 18 |
| 28 | Ünal | 816 | 2.9 | – |
| 29 | Yüksel | 812 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Özkan | 775 | 2.7 | 22 |
How do these counts compare with Kırıkkale’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 285,744 in 2023, about 10.3 in every 1,000 people in Kırıkkale are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 41,158 people, 14.4% of the population.1,2
Kırıkkale lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 0.3% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 286,602 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 283,017 |
| 2020 | 278,703 |
| 2021 | 275,968 |
| 2022 | 277,046 |
| 2023 | 285,744 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 87,249 people in 2023, 29.8 times as many as in Kırıkkale.
- ÇankırıÇankırı: also Yılmaz, with 2,646 people in 2023, 90% of the figure in Kırıkkale.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,802 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırıkkale, ranks 2nd there with 5,881.
- KırşehirKırşehir: Şahin leads (4,530 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırıkkale, ranks 2nd there with 4,519.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,547 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırıkkale, ranks 2nd there with 6,896.
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