Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 42

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Konya

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Konya is Yılmaz: 24,625 people in 2025. Çelik is second with 17,663. Yılmaz has led Konya every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
24,6251
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
10.52
Yılmaz
Population
2,343,4092
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Konya, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 24,625 10.5 1
02 Çelik 17,663 7.5 4
03 Kaya 17,455 7.4 2
04 Şahin 16,705 7.1 6
05 Yıldırım 16,393 7.0 7
06 Yıldız 15,646 6.7 5
07 Demir 14,749 6.3 3
08 Doğan 14,385 6.1 12
09 Özdemir 14,270 6.1 10
10 Öztürk 11,409 4.9 8
11 Aydın 11,381 4.9 9
12 Çetin 10,737 4.6 15
13 Arslan 10,428 4.4 11
14 Acar 10,392 4.4 28
15 Koç 9,894 4.2 18
16 Kara 9,868 4.2 16
17 Kılıç 9,311 4.0 13
18 Koçak 9,138 3.9 –
19 Ünal 8,765 3.7 –
20 Can 8,160 3.5 27
21 Yavuz 7,481 3.2 23
22 Özcan 7,460 3.2 25
23 Özkan 7,358 3.1 22
24 Sarı 7,326 3.1 –
25 Erdoğan 7,170 3.1 26
26 Ceylan 7,160 3.1 –
27 Şimşek 7,029 3.0 20
28 Korkmaz 6,968 3.0 21
29 Koyuncu 6,915 3.0 –
30 Yalçın 6,332 2.7 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Konya’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 2,343,409 in 2025, about 10.5 in every 1,000 people in Konya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 332,573 people, 14.2% of the population.1,2

Konya lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 6.2% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 2.2 m 2.25 m 2.3 m 2.35 m 20182019202020212022202320242025 2,205,609 2,232,374 2,250,020 2,277,017 2,296,347 2,320,241 2,330,024 2,343,409 TÜİK · ADNKS 2.2 m 2.25 m 2.3 m 2.35 m ’18’20’22’24’25 2,205,609 2,232,374 2,250,020 2,277,017 2,296,347 2,320,241 2,330,024 2,343,409
Population of Konya, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 10,021 people in 2025, 41% of the figure in Konya.
  • AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,340 people); Yılmaz, first in Konya, ranks 4th there with 3,769.
  • AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 88,766 people in 2025, 3.6 times as many as in Konya.
  • AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 40,245 people in 2025, 1.6 times as many as in Konya.
  • EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 12,337 people in 2025, 50% of the figure in Konya.
  • IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,545 people in 2025, 27% of the figure in Konya.
  • KaramanKaraman: also Yılmaz, with 3,498 people in 2025, 14% of the figure in Konya.
  • MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 25,871 people in 2025, 1.1 times as many as in Konya.
  • NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,303 people in 2025, 22% of the figure in Konya.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Konya’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 23,359Çelik 16,769Kaya 16,506
2019 Yılmaz 23,586Çelik 17,050Kaya 16,679
2020 Yılmaz 23,679Çelik 17,103Kaya 16,709
2021 Yılmaz 23,987Çelik 17,230Kaya 16,904
2022 Yılmaz 24,185Çelik 17,406Kaya 17,087
2023 Yılmaz 24,456Çelik 17,591Kaya 17,295
2024 Yılmaz 24,581Çelik 17,619Kaya 17,426
2025 Yılmaz 24,625Çelik 17,663Kaya 17,455

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries