Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 42
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Konya 2019
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Konya is Yılmaz: 23,586 people in 2019. Çelik is second with 17,050. Yılmaz has led Konya every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Konya, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 23,586 | 10.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 17,050 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 03 | Kaya | 16,679 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 04 | Şahin | 16,046 | 7.2 | 6 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 15,816 | 7.1 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 15,041 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 07 | Demir | 13,989 | 6.3 | 3 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 13,804 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 09 | Doğan | 13,787 | 6.2 | 12 |
| 10 | Aydın | 10,955 | 4.9 | 9 |
| 11 | Öztürk | 10,850 | 4.9 | 8 |
| 12 | Çetin | 10,379 | 4.6 | 15 |
| 13 | Acar | 9,955 | 4.5 | 28 |
| 14 | Arslan | 9,764 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 15 | Koç | 9,603 | 4.3 | 18 |
| 16 | Kara | 9,466 | 4.2 | 16 |
| 17 | Koçak | 8,862 | 4.0 | – |
| 18 | Kılıç | 8,747 | 3.9 | 13 |
| 19 | Ünal | 8,457 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Can | 7,868 | 3.5 | 27 |
| 21 | Yavuz | 7,212 | 3.2 | 25 |
| 22 | Özkan | 7,168 | 3.2 | 22 |
| 23 | Özcan | 7,167 | 3.2 | 24 |
| 24 | Sarı | 7,164 | 3.2 | – |
| 25 | Ceylan | 6,916 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Şimşek | 6,810 | 3.1 | 20 |
| 27 | Erdoğan | 6,808 | 3.0 | 26 |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 6,738 | 3.0 | 21 |
| 29 | Koyuncu | 6,697 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Şen | 6,171 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Konya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 2,232,374 in 2019, about 10.6 in every 1,000 people in Konya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 319,555 people, 14.3% of the population.1,2
Konya lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.2% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 2,205,609 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2,232,374 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,540 people in 2019, 40% of the figure in Konya.
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,098 people); Yılmaz, first in Konya, ranks 4th there with 3,429.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 84,764 people in 2019, 3.6 times as many as in Konya.
- AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 37,646 people in 2019, 1.6 times as many as in Konya.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 11,664 people in 2019, 49% of the figure in Konya.
- IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,618 people in 2019, 28% of the figure in Konya.
- KaramanKaraman: also Yılmaz, with 3,361 people in 2019, 14% of the figure in Konya.
- MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 24,957 people in 2019, 1.1 times as many as in Konya.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,206 people in 2019, 22% 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