Province·Marmara Region·Code 39
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Kırklareli 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kırklareli is Yılmaz: 4,330 people in 2020. It leads by a wide margin, 2.0 times as many bearers as Çetin in second place. Yılmaz has led Kırklareli every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 321
Which surnames are most common in Kırklareli in 2020?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,330 | 12.0 | 1 |
| 02 | Çetin | 2,144 | 5.9 | 15 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,040 | 5.6 | 3 |
| 04 | Çelik | 1,960 | 5.4 | 4 |
| 05 | Kaya | 1,958 | 5.4 | 2 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 1,949 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 1,918 | 5.3 | 8 |
| 08 | Aydın | 1,567 | 4.3 | 9 |
| 09 | Yıldırım | 1,412 | 3.9 | 7 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 1,374 | 3.8 | 10 |
| 11 | Şahin | 1,343 | 3.7 | 6 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 1,322 | 3.7 | 13 |
| 13 | Şen | 1,316 | 3.6 | – |
| 14 | Can | 1,304 | 3.6 | 27 |
| 15 | Doğan | 1,286 | 3.6 | 12 |
| 16 | Arslan | 1,241 | 3.4 | 11 |
| 17 | Özkan | 1,191 | 3.3 | 22 |
| 18 | Yavuz | 1,160 | 3.2 | 24 |
| 19= | Koç | 1,080 | 3.0 | 18 |
| 19= | Kurt | 1,080 | 3.0 | 17 |
| 20 | Özcan | 1,041 | 2.9 | 25 |
| 21= | Güler | 1,009 | 2.8 | – |
| 21= | Yalçın | 1,009 | 2.8 | – |
| 22 | Çalışkan | 1,004 | 2.8 | – |
| 23 | Çakır | 991 | 2.7 | 23 |
| 24 | Kara | 949 | 2.6 | 16 |
| 25 | Mutlu | 934 | 2.6 | – |
| 26 | Akın | 918 | 2.5 | – |
| 27 | Korkmaz | 843 | 2.3 | 21 |
| 28 | Engin | 816 | 2.3 | – |
| 29 | Gündüz | 806 | 2.2 | – |
| 30 | Durmaz | 804 | 2.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kırklareli’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 361,737 in 2020, about 12.0 in every 1,000 people in Kırklareli are called Yılmaz. The 32 listed surnames together cover 44,099 people, 12.2% of the population.1,2
Kırklareli lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.2% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 360,860 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 361,836 |
| 2020 | 361,737 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edirne | Yılmaz4,253 | Çelik2,783 | Demir2,523 |
| Istanbul | Yılmaz230,233 | Kaya159,395 | Demir144,521 |
| Tekirdağ | Yılmaz15,196 | Kaya9,293 | Demir9,186 |
- EdirneEdirne: also Yılmaz, with 4,253 people in 2020, almost exactly as many as in Kırklareli.
- IstanbulIstanbul: also Yılmaz, with 230,233 people in 2020, 53.2 times as many as in Kırklareli.
- TekirdağTekirdağ: also Yılmaz, with 15,196 people in 2020, 3.5 times as many as in Kırklareli.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Kırklareli’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 4,379 | Çetin 2,133 | Demir 2,014 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 4,388 | Çetin 2,135 | Demir 2,056 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 4,330 | Çetin 2,144 | Demir 2,040 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Marmara Region?
Adding the published 2020 lists of the 11 provinces in the same region as Kırklareli puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 376,470 | 11 |
| Kaya | 250,990 | 11 |
| Demir | 233,164 | 11 |
| Yıldız | 212,196 | 11 |
| Aydın | 207,547 | 11 |
| Şahin | 204,236 | 11 |
| Öztürk | 200,015 | 11 |
| Çelik | 197,906 | 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
What changed in Kırklareli between 2019 and 2020?
In Kırklareli’s top 32 list between 2019 and 2020, 2 surnames entered and 0 left; 12 moved up, 2 moved down and 16 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2019 | 2020 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | −58 |
| Çetin | 2 | 2 | +9 |
| Demir | 3 | 3 | −16 |
| Çelik | 5 | 4 | −13 |
| Kaya | 4 | 5 | −34 |
| Yıldız | 6 | 6 | +11 |
| Öztürk | 7 | 7 | −9 |
| Aydın | 8 | 8 | +1 |
| Yıldırım | 9 | 9 | −48 |
| Özdemir | 10 | 10 | +1 |
| Şahin | 11 | 11 | −17 |
| Kılıç | 13 | 12 | +19 |
| Şen | 12 | 13 | −8 |
| Can | 14 | 14 | +4 |
| Doğan | 15 | 15 | −6 |
| Arslan | 16 | 16 | −24 |
| Özkan | 17 | 17 | +10 |
| Yavuz | 18 | 18 | +6 |
| Koç | 20 | 19 | −6 |
| Kurt | 19 | 19 | −22 |
| Özcan | 21 | 20 | +2 |
| Güler | 23 | 21 | −8 |
| Yalçın | 24 | 21 | +19 |
| Çalışkan | 22 | 22 | −18 |
| Çakır | 25 | 23 | +6 |
| Kara | 26 | 24 | +25 |
| Mutlu | 27 | 25 | +22 |
| Akın | 28 | 26 | +30 |
| Korkmaz | 29 | 27 | −13 |
| Engin | 30 | 28 | +16 |
| Gündüz | Entered | 29 | — |
| Durmaz | Entered | 30 | — |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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