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
The 30 most common surnames in Kırşehir, 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?
- 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 |
| 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