Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 40
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Kırşehir 2020
The most common surname in Kırşehir is Şahin (4,443 people, 2020). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Kırşehir. It is a close race: Yılmaz in second place is only 20 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, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 4,443 | 18.3 | 6 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 4,423 | 18.2 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 3,338 | 13.7 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 2,656 | 10.9 | 7 |
| 05 | Demir | 2,601 | 10.7 | 3 |
| 06 | Kılıç | 2,591 | 10.7 | 13 |
| 07 | Doğan | 2,520 | 10.4 | 12 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,211 | 9.1 | 4 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,131 | 8.8 | 8 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 1,914 | 7.9 | 10 |
| 11 | Arslan | 1,907 | 7.8 | 11 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 1,854 | 7.6 | 5 |
| 13 | Aydın | 1,845 | 7.6 | 9 |
| 14 | Aslan | 1,702 | 7.0 | 14 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 1,237 | 5.1 | 20 |
| 16 | Köksal | 1,182 | 4.9 | – |
| 17 | Koç | 1,158 | 4.8 | 18 |
| 18 | Çetin | 1,047 | 4.3 | 15 |
| 19 | Kara | 1,017 | 4.2 | 16 |
| 20 | Güneş | 960 | 3.9 | 29 |
| 21 | Erdoğan | 944 | 3.9 | 26 |
| 22 | Ünal | 922 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Sarı | 909 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Yağmur | 899 | 3.7 | – |
| 25 | Yüksel | 895 | 3.7 | – |
| 26 | Kurt | 885 | 3.6 | 17 |
| 27 | Çoban | 871 | 3.6 | – |
| 28 | Ekici | 831 | 3.4 | – |
| 29 | Yiğit | 816 | 3.4 | – |
| 30 | Korkmaz | 795 | 3.3 | 21 |
How do these counts compare with Kırşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 243,042 in 2020, about 18.3 in every 1,000 people in Kırşehir are called Şahin. The 30 listed surnames together cover 51,504 people, 21.2% of the population.1,2
Kırşehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.5% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 241,868 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 242,938 |
| 2020 | 243,042 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,172 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 5th there with 3,246.
- AnkaraAnkara: Yılmaz leads (85,520 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 59,558.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,813 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 2,761.
- NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,469 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 3,730.
- YozgatYozgat: also Şahin, with 7,751 people in 2020, 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