Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 40
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Kırşehir 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kırşehir is Yılmaz: 4,459 people in 2022. It is a close race: Şahin in second place is only 17 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Şahin.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
Which surnames are most common in Kırşehir in 2022?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,459 | 18.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 4,442 | 18.2 | 6 |
| 03 | Kaya | 3,314 | 13.6 | 2 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 2,702 | 11.1 | 7 |
| 05 | Demir | 2,652 | 10.8 | 3 |
| 06 | Kılıç | 2,579 | 10.5 | 13 |
| 07 | Doğan | 2,561 | 10.5 | 12 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,210 | 9.0 | 4 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,164 | 8.9 | 8 |
| 10 | Arslan | 1,895 | 7.7 | 11 |
| 11 | Aydın | 1,883 | 7.7 | 9 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 1,860 | 7.6 | 10 |
| 13 | Yıldız | 1,847 | 7.6 | 5 |
| 14 | Aslan | 1,753 | 7.2 | 14 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 1,244 | 5.1 | 20 |
| 16 | Koç | 1,202 | 4.9 | 18 |
| 17 | Köksal | 1,181 | 4.8 | – |
| 18 | Kara | 1,033 | 4.2 | 16 |
| 19 | Çetin | 1,029 | 4.2 | 15 |
| 20 | Güneş | 957 | 3.9 | 29 |
| 21 | Erdoğan | 948 | 3.9 | 26 |
| 22 | Yüksel | 918 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Sarı | 908 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Ünal | 904 | 3.7 | – |
| 25= | Kurt | 885 | 3.6 | 17 |
| 25= | Yağmur | 885 | 3.6 | – |
| 26 | Çoban | 877 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Ekici | 841 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 800 | 3.3 | 21 |
| 29 | Yiğit | 796 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Tekin | 778 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kırşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 244,519 in 2022, about 18.2 in every 1,000 people in Kırşehir are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 52,507 people, 21.5% of the population.1,2
Kırşehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.1% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 241,868 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 242,938 |
| 2020 | 243,042 |
| 2021 | 242,944 |
| 2022 | 244,519 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aksaray | Kılıç4,268 | Öztürk4,134 | Koçak3,858 |
| Ankara | Yılmaz86,884 | Şahin61,158 | Yıldırım51,458 |
| Kırıkkale | Yılmaz2,825 | Şahin2,728 | Doğan2,486 |
| Nevşehir | Yılmaz4,620 | Şahin3,752 | Demir2,836 |
| Yozgat | Şahin7,518 | Yılmaz6,859 | Arslan5,400 |
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,268 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırşehir, ranks 4th there with 3,634.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 86,884 people in 2022, 19.5 times as many as in Kırşehir.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: also Yılmaz, with 2,825 people in 2022, 63% of the figure in Kırşehir.
- NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,620 people in 2022, almost exactly as many as in Kırşehir.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,518 people); Yılmaz, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 6,859.
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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Central Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2022 lists of the 13 provinces in the same region as Kırşehir puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 187,166 | 13 |
| Şahin | 141,072 | 13 |
| Kaya | 116,085 | 13 |
| Yıldırım | 115,146 | 13 |
| Öztürk | 107,991 | 13 |
| Yıldız | 105,454 | 13 |
| Demir | 104,505 | 13 |
| Doğan | 100,433 | 13 |
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 Kırşehir between 2021 and 2022?
In Kırşehir’s top 31 list between 2021 and 2022, 1 surname entered and 0 left; 7 moved up, 4 moved down and 19 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2021 | 2022 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +49 |
| Şahin | 2 | 2 | +34 |
| Kaya | 3 | 3 | +22 |
| Yıldırım | 4 | 4 | +61 |
| Demir | 5 | 5 | +17 |
| Kılıç | 6 | 6 | +2 |
| Doğan | 7 | 7 | +16 |
| Çelik | 8 | 8 | −25 |
| Öztürk | 9 | 9 | +50 |
| Arslan | 10 | 10 | −18 |
| Aydın | 12 | 11 | +44 |
| Özdemir | 11 | 12 | −34 |
| Yıldız | 13 | 13 | +15 |
| Aslan | 14 | 14 | +25 |
| Şimşek | 15 | 15 | +20 |
| Koç | 16 | 16 | +41 |
| Köksal | 17 | 17 | +25 |
| Kara | 19 | 18 | +25 |
| Çetin | 18 | 19 | −1 |
| Güneş | 20 | 20 | −5 |
| Erdoğan | 21 | 21 | −3 |
| Yüksel | 23 | 22 | +26 |
| Sarı | 22 | 23 | +13 |
| Ünal | 25 | 24 | +17 |
| Kurt | 27 | 25 | +12 |
| Yağmur | 24 | 25 | −6 |
| Çoban | 26 | 26 | −3 |
| Ekici | 28 | 27 | +25 |
| Korkmaz | 30 | 28 | +9 |
| Yiğit | 29 | 29 | −9 |
| Tekin | 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