Province·Aegean Region·Code 43
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Kütahya
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kütahya is Yılmaz: 6,301 people in 2025. Demir is second with 5,249. Yılmaz has led Kütahya every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Kütahya, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 6,301 | 11.0 | 1 |
| 02 | Demir | 5,249 | 9.2 | 3 |
| 03 | Öztürk | 5,093 | 8.9 | 8 |
| 04 | Çelik | 4,676 | 8.2 | 4 |
| 05 | Şahin | 4,386 | 7.7 | 6 |
| 06 | Kaya | 4,325 | 7.6 | 2 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 4,173 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 08 | Çetin | 4,143 | 7.3 | 15 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 3,937 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 10 | Aydın | 3,903 | 6.8 | 9 |
| 11 | Arslan | 3,734 | 6.5 | 11 |
| 12 | Yıldırım | 3,582 | 6.3 | 7 |
| 13 | Kahraman | 3,267 | 5.7 | – |
| 14 | Çakır | 3,256 | 5.7 | 24 |
| 15 | Sarı | 3,231 | 5.7 | – |
| 16 | Yavuz | 2,875 | 5.0 | 23 |
| 17 | Aslan | 2,488 | 4.4 | 14 |
| 18 | Yiğit | 2,417 | 4.2 | – |
| 19 | Kara | 2,412 | 4.2 | 16 |
| 20 | Şen | 2,250 | 3.9 | – |
| 21 | Doğan | 2,236 | 3.9 | 12 |
| 22 | Dönmez | 2,182 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Korkmaz | 2,057 | 3.6 | 21 |
| 24 | Karaca | 1,982 | 3.5 | – |
| 25= | Bayram | 1,931 | 3.4 | – |
| 25= | Koç | 1,931 | 3.4 | 18 |
| 26 | Can | 1,911 | 3.3 | 27 |
| 27 | Kurt | 1,905 | 3.3 | 17 |
| 28 | Acar | 1,873 | 3.3 | 28 |
| 29 | Uslu | 1,848 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Kılıç | 1,785 | 3.1 | 13 |
How do these counts compare with Kütahya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 570,478 in 2025, about 11.0 in every 1,000 people in Kütahya are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 97,339 people, 17.1% of the population.1,2
Kütahya lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 1.3% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 577,941 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 579,257 |
| 2020 | 576,688 |
| 2021 | 578,640 |
| 2022 | 580,701 |
| 2023 | 575,674 |
| 2024 | 571,078 |
| 2025 | 570,478 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 10,021 people in 2025, 1.6 times as many as in Kütahya.
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 14,345 people in 2025, 2.3 times as many as in Kütahya.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,322 people in 2025, 53% of the figure in Kütahya.
- BursaBursa: also Yılmaz, with 46,316 people in 2025, 7.4 times as many as in Kütahya.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 12,337 people in 2025, 2.0 times as many as in Kütahya.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 18,997 people in 2025, 3.0 times as many as in Kütahya.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,677 people in 2025, 90% of the figure in Kütahya.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Kütahya’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 6,272 | Demir 5,268 | Öztürk 5,175 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 6,421 | Demir 5,274 | Öztürk 5,201 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 6,365 | Demir 5,240 | Öztürk 5,186 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 6,330 | Demir 5,236 | Öztürk 5,191 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 6,313 | Demir 5,297 | Öztürk 5,174 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 6,288 | Demir 5,265 | Öztürk 5,125 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 6,280 | Demir 5,262 | Öztürk 5,081 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 6,301 | Demir 5,249 | Öztürk 5,093 |
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