Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Aegean Region·Code 45

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Manisa

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Manisa is Yılmaz: 18,997 people in 2025. Kaya is second with 14,621. Yılmaz has led Manisa every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
18,9971
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
12.92
Yılmaz
Population
1,477,7562
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Manisa, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 18,997 12.9 1
02 Kaya 14,621 9.9 2
03 Demir 12,868 8.7 3
04 Çelik 12,246 8.3 4
05 Yıldırım 10,755 7.3 7
06 Özdemir 10,464 7.1 10
07 Yıldız 10,248 6.9 5
08 Aydın 9,475 6.4 9
09 Çetin 9,411 6.4 15
10 Şahin 8,541 5.8 6
11 Öztürk 7,508 5.1 8
12 Arslan 6,611 4.5 11
13 Aslan 5,577 3.8 14
14 Doğan 5,424 3.7 12
15 Çakır 5,402 3.7 24
16 Şen 5,228 3.5 –
17 Uysal 5,216 3.5 –
18 Özcan 5,195 3.5 25
19 Kurt 4,912 3.3 17
20 Acar 4,858 3.3 28
21 Korkmaz 4,587 3.1 21
22 Özkan 4,490 3.0 22
23 Can 4,343 2.9 27
24 Kahraman 4,295 2.9 –
25 Kılıç 4,253 2.9 13
26 Koç 4,169 2.8 18
27 Çoban 4,159 2.8 –
28 Kara 4,157 2.8 16
29 Aktaş 4,095 2.8 30
30 Sarı 4,021 2.7 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Manisa’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 1,477,756 in 2025, about 12.9 in every 1,000 people in Manisa are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 216,126 people, 14.6% of the population.1,2

Manisa lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.4% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 1.44 m 1.46 m 1.48 m 20182019202020212022202320242025 1,429,643 1,440,611 1,450,616 1,456,626 1,468,279 1,475,716 1,475,353 1,477,756 TÜİK · ADNKS 1.44 m 1.46 m 1.48 m ’18’20’22’24’25 1,429,643 1,440,611 1,450,616 1,456,626 1,468,279 1,475,716 1,475,353 1,477,756
Population of Manisa, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AydınAydın: also Yılmaz, with 12,591 people in 2025, 66% of the figure in Manisa.
  • BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 14,345 people in 2025, 76% of the figure in Manisa.
  • DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,744 people in 2025, 67% of the figure in Manisa.
  • IzmirIzmir: also Yılmaz, with 53,751 people in 2025, 2.8 times as many as in Manisa.
  • KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,301 people in 2025, 33% of the figure in Manisa.
  • UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,677 people in 2025, 30% of the figure in Manisa.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Manisa’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 18,471Kaya 13,861Demir 12,228
2019 Yılmaz 18,604Kaya 14,000Demir 12,324
2020 Yılmaz 18,724Kaya 14,114Demir 12,487
2021 Yılmaz 18,824Kaya 14,180Demir 12,475
2022 Yılmaz 18,948Kaya 14,436Demir 12,653
2023 Yılmaz 19,005Kaya 14,463Demir 12,794
2024 Yılmaz 19,039Kaya 14,555Demir 12,859
2025 Yılmaz 18,997Kaya 14,621Demir 12,868

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries