Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 40
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Kırşehir 2023
The most common surname in Kırşehir is Şahin (4,530 people, 2023). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Kırşehir. It is a close race: Yılmaz in second place is only 11 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2021 the most common surname here was Yılmaz.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kırşehir, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 4,530 | 18.3 | 6 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 4,519 | 18.3 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 3,341 | 13.5 | 2 |
| 04 | Demir | 2,716 | 11.0 | 3 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 2,715 | 11.0 | 7 |
| 06 | Doğan | 2,641 | 10.7 | 12 |
| 07 | Kılıç | 2,616 | 10.6 | 13 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,277 | 9.2 | 4 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 2,216 | 9.0 | 8 |
| 10 | Arslan | 1,962 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 1,910 | 7.7 | 5 |
| 12 | Aydın | 1,906 | 7.7 | 9 |
| 13 | Özdemir | 1,878 | 7.6 | 10 |
| 14 | Aslan | 1,783 | 7.2 | 14 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 1,282 | 5.2 | 20 |
| 16 | Köksal | 1,199 | 4.9 | – |
| 17 | Koç | 1,180 | 4.8 | 18 |
| 18 | Kara | 1,077 | 4.4 | 16 |
| 19 | Çetin | 1,072 | 4.3 | 15 |
| 20 | Erdoğan | 974 | 3.9 | 26 |
| 21 | Güneş | 954 | 3.9 | 29 |
| 22 | Yüksel | 935 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Ünal | 923 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Sarı | 916 | 3.7 | – |
| 25 | Kurt | 912 | 3.7 | 17 |
| 26 | Çoban | 886 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Yağmur | 885 | 3.6 | – |
| 28 | Ekici | 839 | 3.4 | – |
| 29 | Korkmaz | 826 | 3.3 | 21 |
| 30 | Tekin | 810 | 3.3 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kırşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 247,179 in 2023, about 18.3 in every 1,000 people in Kırşehir are called Şahin. The 30 listed surnames together cover 52,680 people, 21.3% of the population.1,2
Kırşehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.2% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 241,868 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 242,938 |
| 2020 | 243,042 |
| 2021 | 242,944 |
| 2022 | 244,519 |
| 2023 | 247,179 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,284 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 5th there with 3,399.
- AnkaraAnkara: Yılmaz leads (87,249 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 61,014.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,930 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 2,862.
- NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,686 people); Şahin, first in Kırşehir, ranks 2nd there with 3,778.
- YozgatYozgat: also Şahin, with 7,547 people in 2023, 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