Province·Marmara Region·Code 39
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Kırklareli 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kırklareli is Yılmaz: 4,379 people in 2018. It leads by a wide margin, 2.1 times as many bearers as Çetin in second place. Yılmaz has led Kırklareli every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Kırklareli in 2018?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,379 | 12.1 | 1 |
| 02 | Çetin | 2,133 | 5.9 | 15 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,014 | 5.6 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 1,968 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 05 | Çelik | 1,927 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 1,919 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 1,902 | 5.3 | 8 |
| 08 | Aydın | 1,552 | 4.3 | 9 |
| 09 | Yıldırım | 1,415 | 3.9 | 7 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 1,341 | 3.7 | 10 |
| 11 | Can | 1,316 | 3.6 | 27 |
| 12 | Şen | 1,314 | 3.6 | – |
| 13 | Şahin | 1,308 | 3.6 | 6 |
| 14 | Kılıç | 1,294 | 3.6 | 13 |
| 15 | Arslan | 1,282 | 3.6 | 11 |
| 16 | Doğan | 1,281 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 17 | Özkan | 1,163 | 3.2 | 22 |
| 18 | Yavuz | 1,156 | 3.2 | 25 |
| 19 | Kurt | 1,100 | 3.0 | 17 |
| 20 | Koç | 1,091 | 3.0 | 18 |
| 21 | Özcan | 1,055 | 2.9 | 24 |
| 22 | Güler | 1,022 | 2.8 | – |
| 23 | Çalışkan | 1,004 | 2.8 | – |
| 24 | Yalçın | 998 | 2.8 | – |
| 25 | Çakır | 956 | 2.6 | 23 |
| 26 | Kara | 924 | 2.6 | 16 |
| 27 | Mutlu | 916 | 2.5 | – |
| 28 | Akın | 909 | 2.5 | – |
| 29 | Korkmaz | 876 | 2.4 | 21 |
| 30 | Engin | 810 | 2.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kırklareli’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 360,860 in 2018, about 12.1 in every 1,000 people in Kırklareli are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 42,325 people, 11.7% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edirne | Yılmaz4,374 | Çelik2,769 | Demir2,601 |
| Istanbul | Yılmaz224,720 | Kaya154,334 | Demir139,370 |
| Tekirdağ | Yılmaz14,249 | Demir8,664 | Kaya8,657 |
- EdirneEdirne: also Yılmaz, with 4,374 people in 2018, almost exactly as many as in Kırklareli.
- IstanbulIstanbul: also Yılmaz, with 224,720 people in 2018, 51.3 times as many as in Kırklareli.
- TekirdağTekirdağ: also Yılmaz, with 14,249 people in 2018, 3.3 times as many as in Kırklareli.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Marmara Region?
Adding the published 2018 lists of the 11 provinces in the same region as Kırklareli puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 366,891 | 11 |
| Kaya | 242,835 | 11 |
| Demir | 224,799 | 11 |
| Yıldız | 205,339 | 11 |
| Aydın | 201,127 | 11 |
| Şahin | 197,622 | 11 |
| Öztürk | 194,525 | 11 |
| Çelik | 191,520 | 11 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
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