Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Mediterranean Region·Code 33

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Mersin

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Mersin is Yılmaz: 25,871 people in 2025. Demir is second with 19,976. Yılmaz has led Mersin every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
25,8711
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
13.22
Yılmaz
Population
1,956,4282
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Mersin, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 25,871 13.2 1
02 Demir 19,976 10.2 3
03 Kaya 19,806 10.1 2
04 Şahin 18,133 9.3 6
05 Çelik 17,663 9.0 4
06 Yıldırım 16,760 8.6 7
07 Yıldız 16,046 8.2 5
08 Doğan 14,778 7.6 12
09 Özdemir 12,873 6.6 10
10 Aslan 11,419 5.8 14
11 Aydın 10,875 5.6 9
12 Arslan 9,850 5.0 11
13 Şimşek 9,797 5.0 20
14 Kara 9,732 5.0 16
15 Çetin 9,111 4.7 15
16 Kurt 8,326 4.3 17
17 Öztürk 8,024 4.1 8
18 Taş 7,750 4.0 –
19 Kılıç 7,514 3.8 13
20 Yalçın 6,438 3.3 –
21 Sarı 6,403 3.3 –
22 Gök 6,388 3.3 –
23 Can 6,312 3.2 27
24 Bulut 6,260 3.2 –
25 Özer 5,910 3.0 –
26 Uysal 5,909 3.0 –
27 Özkan 5,791 3.0 22
28 Şen 5,690 2.9 –
29 Koç 5,676 2.9 18
30 Ateş 5,603 2.9 –
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 Mersin’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 1,956,428 in 2025, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Mersin are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 320,684 people, 16.4% of the population.1,2

Mersin lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 7.8% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 1.8 m 1.85 m 1.9 m 1.95 m 20182019202020212022202320242025 1,814,468 1,840,425 1,868,757 1,891,145 1,916,432 1,938,389 1,954,279 1,956,428 TÜİK · ADNKS 1.8 m 1.85 m 1.9 m 1.95 m ’18’20’22’24’25 1,814,468 1,840,425 1,868,757 1,891,145 1,916,432 1,938,389 1,954,279 1,956,428
Population of Mersin, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 26,146 people in 2025, almost exactly as many as in Mersin.
  • AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 40,245 people in 2025, 1.6 times as many as in Mersin.
  • KaramanKaraman: also Yılmaz, with 3,498 people in 2025, 14% of the figure in Mersin.
  • KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,625 people in 2025, almost exactly as many as in Mersin.
  • NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,303 people in 2025, 20% of the figure in Mersin.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Mersin’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 24,680Demir 18,403Kaya 18,222
2019 Yılmaz 24,957Demir 18,536Kaya 18,492
2020 Yılmaz 25,278Demir 18,961Kaya 18,820
2021 Yılmaz 25,268Demir 19,229Kaya 18,996
2022 Yılmaz 25,531Demir 19,433Kaya 19,287
2023 Yılmaz 25,658Demir 19,685Kaya 19,509
2024 Yılmaz 25,732Demir 19,799Kaya 19,632
2025 Yılmaz 25,871Demir 19,976Kaya 19,806

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