Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 40
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Kırşehir 2019
The most common surname in Kırşehir is Şahin (4,438 people, 2019). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Kırşehir. It is a close race: Yılmaz in second place is only 3 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Yılmaz.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Kırşehir, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 4,438 | 18.3 | 6 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 4,435 | 18.3 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 3,341 | 13.8 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 2,664 | 11.0 | 7 |
| 05 | Kılıç | 2,615 | 10.8 | 13 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,605 | 10.7 | 3 |
| 07 | Doğan | 2,512 | 10.3 | 12 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,188 | 9.0 | 4 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,148 | 8.8 | 8 |
| 10 | Arslan | 1,889 | 7.8 | 11 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 1,859 | 7.7 | 10 |
| 12 | Aydın | 1,835 | 7.6 | 9 |
| 13 | Yıldız | 1,834 | 7.5 | 5 |
| 14 | Aslan | 1,684 | 6.9 | 14 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 1,213 | 5.0 | 20 |
| 16 | Köksal | 1,192 | 4.9 | – |
| 17 | Koç | 1,158 | 4.8 | 18 |
| 18 | Çetin | 1,066 | 4.4 | 15 |
| 19 | Kara | 1,029 | 4.2 | 16 |
| 20 | Güneş | 966 | 4.0 | 29 |
| 21 | Erdoğan | 945 | 3.9 | 26 |
| 22 | Ünal | 933 | 3.8 | – |
| 23= | Sarı | 904 | 3.7 | – |
| 23= | Yağmur | 904 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Yüksel | 886 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Kurt | 868 | 3.6 | 17 |
| 26 | Çoban | 854 | 3.5 | – |
| 27 | Ekici | 841 | 3.5 | – |
| 28 | Yiğit | 806 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Korkmaz | 778 | 3.2 | 21 |
| 30 | Güzel | 771 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kırşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 242,938 in 2019, about 18.3 in every 1,000 people in Kırşehir are called Şahin. The 31 listed surnames together cover 52,161 people, 21.5% of the population.1,2
Kırşehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.4% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 241,868 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 242,938 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,098 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 5th there with 3,203.
- AnkaraAnkara: Yılmaz leads (84,764 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 58,855.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,868 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 2,849.
- NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,440 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 3,719.
- YozgatYozgat: also Şahin, with 7,752 people in 2019, 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