Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 42
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Konya 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Konya is Yılmaz: 24,581 people in 2024. Çelik is second with 17,619. Yılmaz has led Konya every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Konya, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 24,581 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 02 | Çelik | 17,619 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 03 | Kaya | 17,426 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 04 | Şahin | 16,637 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 16,332 | 7.0 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 15,574 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 07 | Demir | 14,730 | 6.3 | 3 |
| 08 | Doğan | 14,252 | 6.1 | 12 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 14,199 | 6.1 | 10 |
| 10 | Öztürk | 11,355 | 4.9 | 8 |
| 11 | Aydın | 11,305 | 4.9 | 9 |
| 12 | Çetin | 10,724 | 4.6 | 15 |
| 13 | Arslan | 10,339 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 14 | Acar | 10,335 | 4.4 | 28 |
| 15 | Kara | 9,845 | 4.2 | 16 |
| 16 | Koç | 9,804 | 4.2 | 18 |
| 17 | Kılıç | 9,315 | 4.0 | 13 |
| 18 | Koçak | 9,080 | 3.9 | – |
| 19 | Ünal | 8,730 | 3.7 | – |
| 20 | Can | 8,106 | 3.5 | 27 |
| 21 | Yavuz | 7,435 | 3.2 | 23 |
| 22 | Özcan | 7,425 | 3.2 | 25 |
| 23 | Özkan | 7,353 | 3.2 | 22 |
| 24 | Sarı | 7,337 | 3.1 | – |
| 25 | Ceylan | 7,176 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Erdoğan | 7,147 | 3.1 | 26 |
| 27 | Şimşek | 6,996 | 3.0 | 20 |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 6,910 | 3.0 | 21 |
| 29 | Koyuncu | 6,888 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Şen | 6,343 | 2.7 | – |
How do these counts compare with Konya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 2,330,024 in 2024, about 10.5 in every 1,000 people in Konya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 331,298 people, 14.2% of the population.1,2
Konya lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.6% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 2,205,609 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2,232,374 |
| 2020 | 2,250,020 |
| 2021 | 2,277,017 |
| 2022 | 2,296,347 |
| 2023 | 2,320,241 |
| 2024 | 2,330,024 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 10,025 people in 2024, 41% of the figure in Konya.
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,302 people); Yılmaz, first in Konya, ranks 4th there with 3,756.
- AnkaraAnkara: also Yılmaz, with 88,152 people in 2024, 3.6 times as many as in Konya.
- AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 39,823 people in 2024, 1.6 times as many as in Konya.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 12,252 people in 2024, 50% of the figure in Konya.
- IspartaIsparta: also Yılmaz, with 6,572 people in 2024, 27% of the figure in Konya.
- KaramanKaraman: also Yılmaz, with 3,493 people in 2024, 14% of the figure in Konya.
- MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 25,732 people in 2024, almost exactly as many as in Konya.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,312 people in 2024, 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