Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 40
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Kırşehir 2018
The most common surname in Kırşehir is Şahin (4,505 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Kırşehir. It is a close race: Yılmaz in second place is only 47 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Yılmaz.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kırşehir, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 4,505 | 18.6 | 6 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 4,458 | 18.4 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 3,337 | 13.8 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 2,667 | 11.0 | 7 |
| 05 | Kılıç | 2,661 | 11.0 | 13 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,637 | 10.9 | 3 |
| 07 | Doğan | 2,521 | 10.4 | 12 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,197 | 9.1 | 4 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,159 | 8.9 | 8 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 1,905 | 7.9 | 5 |
| 11 | Aydın | 1,899 | 7.9 | 9 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 1,883 | 7.8 | 10 |
| 13 | Arslan | 1,878 | 7.8 | 11 |
| 14 | Aslan | 1,686 | 7.0 | 14 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 1,222 | 5.1 | 20 |
| 16 | Köksal | 1,182 | 4.9 | – |
| 17 | Koç | 1,162 | 4.8 | 18 |
| 18 | Çetin | 1,076 | 4.4 | 15 |
| 19 | Kara | 1,054 | 4.4 | 16 |
| 20 | Ünal | 971 | 4.0 | – |
| 21 | Erdoğan | 959 | 4.0 | 26 |
| 22 | Güneş | 949 | 3.9 | 29 |
| 23 | Sarı | 914 | 3.8 | – |
| 24 | Yüksel | 899 | 3.7 | – |
| 25 | Yağmur | 896 | 3.7 | – |
| 26 | Çoban | 868 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Kurt | 867 | 3.6 | 17 |
| 28 | Ekici | 838 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Karaca | 800 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Korkmaz | 795 | 3.3 | 21 |
How do these counts compare with Kırşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 241,868 in 2018, about 18.6 in every 1,000 people in Kırşehir are called Şahin. The 30 listed surnames together cover 51,845 people, 21.4% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,001 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 5th there with 3,169.
- AnkaraAnkara: Yılmaz leads (83,212 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 57,665.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,975 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 2,914.
- NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,445 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 3,670.
- YozgatYozgat: also Şahin, with 7,837 people in 2018, 1.7 times as many as in Kırşehir.
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