Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 40
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Kırşehir
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kırşehir is Yılmaz: 4,505 people in 2025. It is a close race: Şahin in second place is only 110 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Şahin.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kırşehir, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,505 | 18.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 4,395 | 18.1 | 6 |
| 03 | Kaya | 3,358 | 13.8 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 2,716 | 11.2 | 7 |
| 05 | Demir | 2,705 | 11.1 | 3 |
| 06 | Doğan | 2,599 | 10.7 | 12 |
| 07 | Kılıç | 2,520 | 10.4 | 13 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,283 | 9.4 | 4 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,262 | 9.3 | 8 |
| 10 | Arslan | 1,907 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 11 | Aydın | 1,898 | 7.8 | 9 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 1,854 | 7.6 | 10 |
| 13 | Yıldız | 1,853 | 7.6 | 5 |
| 14 | Aslan | 1,736 | 7.2 | 14 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 1,234 | 5.1 | 20 |
| 16 | Köksal | 1,184 | 4.9 | – |
| 17 | Koç | 1,167 | 4.8 | 18 |
| 18 | Kara | 1,062 | 4.4 | 16 |
| 19 | Çetin | 1,030 | 4.2 | 15 |
| 20 | Erdoğan | 957 | 3.9 | 26 |
| 21 | Yüksel | 948 | 3.9 | – |
| 22 | Ünal | 934 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Güneş | 930 | 3.8 | 29 |
| 24 | Kurt | 884 | 3.6 | 17 |
| 25 | Yağmur | 881 | 3.6 | – |
| 26 | Sarı | 879 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Ekici | 862 | 3.6 | – |
| 28 | Çoban | 855 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Korkmaz | 836 | 3.4 | 21 |
| 30 | Tekin | 820 | 3.4 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kırşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 242,777 in 2025, about 18.6 in every 1,000 people in Kırşehir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 52,054 people, 21.4% of the population.1,2
Kırşehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.4% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 241,868 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 242,938 |
| 2020 | 243,042 |
| 2021 | 242,944 |
| 2022 | 244,519 |
| 2023 | 247,179 |
| 2024 | 244,546 |
| 2025 | 242,777 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,340 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırşehir, ranks 4th there with 3,769.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 88,766 people in 2025, 19.7 times as many as in Kırşehir.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: also Yılmaz, with 2,896 people in 2025, 64% of the figure in Kırşehir.
- NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,774 people in 2025, 1.1 times as many as in Kırşehir.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,409 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 6,654.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Kırşehir’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Şahin 4,505 | Yılmaz 4,458 | Kaya 3,337 |
| 2019 | Şahin 4,438 | Yılmaz 4,435 | Kaya 3,341 |
| 2020 | Şahin 4,443 | Yılmaz 4,423 | Kaya 3,338 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 4,410 | Şahin 4,408 | Kaya 3,292 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 4,459 | Şahin 4,442 | Kaya 3,314 |
| 2023 | Şahin 4,530 | Yılmaz 4,519 | Kaya 3,341 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 4,504 | Şahin 4,410 | Kaya 3,352 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 4,505 | Şahin 4,395 | Kaya 3,358 |
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