Province·Aegean Region·Code 43
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Kütahya 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kütahya is Yılmaz: 6,280 people in 2024. Demir is second with 5,262. Yılmaz has led Kütahya every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kütahya, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 6,280 | 11.0 | 1 |
| 02 | Demir | 5,262 | 9.2 | 3 |
| 03 | Öztürk | 5,081 | 8.9 | 8 |
| 04 | Çelik | 4,661 | 8.2 | 4 |
| 05 | Şahin | 4,380 | 7.7 | 6 |
| 06 | Kaya | 4,313 | 7.6 | 2 |
| 07 | Çetin | 4,164 | 7.3 | 15 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 4,158 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 3,927 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 10 | Aydın | 3,876 | 6.8 | 9 |
| 11 | Arslan | 3,740 | 6.5 | 11 |
| 12 | Yıldırım | 3,598 | 6.3 | 7 |
| 13 | Kahraman | 3,281 | 5.7 | – |
| 14 | Çakır | 3,263 | 5.7 | 24 |
| 15 | Sarı | 3,249 | 5.7 | – |
| 16 | Yavuz | 2,879 | 5.0 | 23 |
| 17 | Aslan | 2,491 | 4.4 | 14 |
| 18 | Yiğit | 2,419 | 4.2 | – |
| 19 | Kara | 2,403 | 4.2 | 16 |
| 20 | Şen | 2,259 | 4.0 | – |
| 21 | Doğan | 2,251 | 3.9 | 12 |
| 22 | Dönmez | 2,197 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Korkmaz | 2,106 | 3.7 | 21 |
| 24 | Karaca | 1,971 | 3.5 | – |
| 25 | Bayram | 1,946 | 3.4 | – |
| 26 | Koç | 1,939 | 3.4 | 18 |
| 27 | Kurt | 1,909 | 3.3 | 17 |
| 28 | Can | 1,899 | 3.3 | 27 |
| 29 | Acar | 1,892 | 3.3 | 28 |
| 30 | Uslu | 1,843 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kütahya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 571,078 in 2024, about 11.0 in every 1,000 people in Kütahya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 95,637 people, 16.7% of the population.1,2
Kütahya lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 1.2% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 577,941 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 579,257 |
| 2020 | 576,688 |
| 2021 | 578,640 |
| 2022 | 580,701 |
| 2023 | 575,674 |
| 2024 | 571,078 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 10,025 people in 2024, 1.6 times as many as in Kütahya.
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 14,235 people in 2024, 2.3 times as many as in Kütahya.
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,352 people in 2024, 53% of the figure in Kütahya.
- BursaBursa: also Yılmaz, with 46,156 people in 2024, 7.3 times as many as in Kütahya.
- EskişehirEskişehir: also Yılmaz, with 12,252 people in 2024, 2.0 times as many as in Kütahya.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 19,039 people in 2024, 3.0 times as many as in Kütahya.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,748 people in 2024, 92% 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