Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 42
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Konya 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Konya is Yılmaz: 24,456 people in 2023. Çelik is second with 17,591. Yılmaz has led Konya every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Konya, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 24,456 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 17,591 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 03 | Kaya | 17,295 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 04 | Şahin | 16,519 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 16,322 | 7.0 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 15,466 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 07 | Demir | 14,673 | 6.3 | 3 |
| 08 | Doğan | 14,239 | 6.1 | 12 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 14,194 | 6.1 | 10 |
| 10 | Aydın | 11,318 | 4.9 | 9 |
| 11 | Öztürk | 11,291 | 4.9 | 8 |
| 12 | Çetin | 10,713 | 4.6 | 15 |
| 13 | Acar | 10,300 | 4.4 | 28 |
| 14 | Arslan | 10,232 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 15 | Koç | 9,796 | 4.2 | 18 |
| 16 | Kara | 9,788 | 4.2 | 16 |
| 17 | Kılıç | 9,238 | 4.0 | 13 |
| 18 | Koçak | 9,001 | 3.9 | – |
| 19 | Ünal | 8,746 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Can | 8,125 | 3.5 | 27 |
| 21 | Özcan | 7,440 | 3.2 | 25 |
| 22 | Yavuz | 7,422 | 3.2 | 23 |
| 23 | Sarı | 7,330 | 3.2 | – |
| 24 | Özkan | 7,297 | 3.1 | 22 |
| 25 | Ceylan | 7,172 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Erdoğan | 7,041 | 3.0 | 26 |
| 27 | Şimşek | 6,981 | 3.0 | 20 |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 6,896 | 3.0 | 21 |
| 29 | Koyuncu | 6,884 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Şen | 6,336 | 2.7 | – |
How do these counts compare with Konya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 2,320,241 in 2023, about 10.5 in every 1,000 people in Konya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 330,102 people, 14.2% of the population.1,2
Konya lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.2% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 2,205,609 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2,232,374 |
| 2020 | 2,250,020 |
| 2021 | 2,277,017 |
| 2022 | 2,296,347 |
| 2023 | 2,320,241 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 9,983 people in 2023, 41% of the figure in Konya.
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,284 people); Yılmaz, first in Konya, ranks 4th there with 3,717.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 87,249 people in 2023, 3.6 times as many as in Konya.
- AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 39,425 people in 2023, 1.6 times as many as in Konya.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 12,116 people in 2023, 50% of the figure in Konya.
- IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,552 people in 2023, 27% of the figure in Konya.
- KaramanKaraman: also Yılmaz, with 3,537 people in 2023, 14% of the figure in Konya.
- MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 25,658 people in 2023, almost exactly as many as in Konya.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,379 people in 2023, 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