Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 42
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Konya 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Konya is Yılmaz: 23,359 people in 2018. Çelik is second with 16,769. Yılmaz has led Konya every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Konya, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 23,359 | 10.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 16,769 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 03 | Kaya | 16,506 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 04 | Şahin | 15,843 | 7.2 | 6 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 15,611 | 7.1 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 14,931 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 13,797 | 6.3 | 10 |
| 08 | Demir | 13,765 | 6.2 | 3 |
| 09 | Doğan | 13,684 | 6.2 | 12 |
| 10 | Aydın | 10,821 | 4.9 | 9 |
| 11 | Öztürk | 10,725 | 4.9 | 8 |
| 12 | Çetin | 10,293 | 4.7 | 15 |
| 13 | Acar | 9,860 | 4.5 | 28 |
| 14 | Arslan | 9,643 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 15 | Koç | 9,521 | 4.3 | 18 |
| 16 | Kara | 9,448 | 4.3 | 16 |
| 17 | Koçak | 8,825 | 4.0 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 8,598 | 3.9 | 13 |
| 19 | Ünal | 8,457 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Can | 7,781 | 3.5 | 27 |
| 21 | Yavuz | 7,150 | 3.2 | 25 |
| 22 | Özkan | 7,112 | 3.2 | 22 |
| 23 | Sarı | 7,109 | 3.2 | – |
| 24 | Özcan | 7,098 | 3.2 | 24 |
| 25 | Ceylan | 6,794 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Erdoğan | 6,770 | 3.1 | 26 |
| 27 | Şimşek | 6,676 | 3.0 | 20 |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 6,659 | 3.0 | 21 |
| 29 | Koyuncu | 6,657 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Şen | 6,121 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Konya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 2,205,609 in 2018, about 10.6 in every 1,000 people in Konya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 316,383 people, 14.3% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,566 people in 2018, 41% of the figure in Konya.
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,001 people); Yılmaz, first in Konya, ranks 4th there with 3,433.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 83,212 people in 2018, 3.6 times as many as in Konya.
- AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 36,865 people in 2018, 1.6 times as many as in Konya.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 11,582 people in 2018, 50% of the figure in Konya.
- IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,556 people in 2018, 28% of the figure in Konya.
- KaramanKaraman: also Yılmaz, with 3,329 people in 2018, 14% of the figure in Konya.
- MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 24,680 people in 2018, 1.1 times as many as in Konya.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,282 people in 2018, 23% of the figure in Konya.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Konya’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 23,359 | Çelik 16,769 | Kaya 16,506 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 23,586 | Çelik 17,050 | Kaya 16,679 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 23,679 | Çelik 17,103 | Kaya 16,709 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 23,987 | Çelik 17,230 | Kaya 16,904 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 24,185 | Çelik 17,406 | Kaya 17,087 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 24,456 | Çelik 17,591 | Kaya 17,295 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 24,581 | Çelik 17,619 | Kaya 17,426 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 24,625 | Çelik 17,663 | Kaya 17,455 |
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