Province·Aegean Region·Code 45
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Manisa 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Manisa is Yılmaz: 19,039 people in 2024. Kaya is second with 14,555. Yılmaz has led Manisa every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Manisa, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 19,039 | 12.9 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 14,555 | 9.9 | 2 |
| 03 | Demir | 12,859 | 8.7 | 3 |
| 04 | Çelik | 12,085 | 8.2 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 10,742 | 7.3 | 7 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 10,458 | 7.1 | 10 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 10,238 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 08 | Aydın | 9,429 | 6.4 | 9 |
| 09 | Çetin | 9,389 | 6.4 | 15 |
| 10 | Şahin | 8,534 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 11 | Öztürk | 7,482 | 5.1 | 8 |
| 12 | Arslan | 6,623 | 4.5 | 11 |
| 13 | Aslan | 5,489 | 3.7 | 14 |
| 14 | Doğan | 5,418 | 3.7 | 12 |
| 15 | Çakır | 5,417 | 3.7 | 24 |
| 16 | Şen | 5,256 | 3.6 | – |
| 17 | Uysal | 5,247 | 3.6 | – |
| 18 | Özcan | 5,202 | 3.5 | 25 |
| 19 | Kurt | 4,911 | 3.3 | 17 |
| 20 | Acar | 4,839 | 3.3 | 28 |
| 21 | Korkmaz | 4,555 | 3.1 | 21 |
| 22 | Özkan | 4,456 | 3.0 | 22 |
| 23 | Can | 4,359 | 3.0 | 27 |
| 24 | Kahraman | 4,291 | 2.9 | – |
| 25 | Kılıç | 4,245 | 2.9 | 13 |
| 26 | Koç | 4,193 | 2.8 | 18 |
| 27 | Çoban | 4,147 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Kara | 4,143 | 2.8 | 16 |
| 29 | Aktaş | 4,065 | 2.8 | 30 |
| 30 | Sarı | 4,039 | 2.7 | – |
How do these counts compare with Manisa’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,475,353 in 2024, about 12.9 in every 1,000 people in Manisa are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 215,705 people, 14.6% of the population.1,2
Manisa lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.2% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 1,429,643 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,440,611 |
| 2020 | 1,450,616 |
| 2021 | 1,456,626 |
| 2022 | 1,468,279 |
| 2023 | 1,475,716 |
| 2024 | 1,475,353 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AydınAydın: also Yılmaz, with 12,563 people in 2024, 66% of the figure in Manisa.
- BalıkesirBalıkesir: also Yılmaz, with 14,235 people in 2024, 75% of the figure in Manisa.
- DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,641 people in 2024, 66% of the figure in Manisa.
- IzmirIzmir: also Yılmaz, with 53,799 people in 2024, 2.8 times as many as in Manisa.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,280 people in 2024, 33% of the figure in Manisa.
- UşakUşak: also Yılmaz, with 5,748 people in 2024, 30% of the figure in Manisa.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Manisa’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 18,471 | Kaya 13,861 | Demir 12,228 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 18,604 | Kaya 14,000 | Demir 12,324 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 18,724 | Kaya 14,114 | Demir 12,487 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 18,824 | Kaya 14,180 | Demir 12,475 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 18,948 | Kaya 14,436 | Demir 12,653 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 19,005 | Kaya 14,463 | Demir 12,794 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 19,039 | Kaya 14,555 | Demir 12,859 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 18,997 | Kaya 14,621 | Demir 12,868 |
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