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TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Mersin 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Mersin is Yılmaz: 24,680 people in 2018. Demir is second with 18,403. Yılmaz has led Mersin every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Mersin, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 24,680 | 13.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Demir | 18,403 | 10.1 | 3 |
| 03 | Kaya | 18,222 | 10.0 | 2 |
| 04 | Şahin | 17,521 | 9.7 | 6 |
| 05 | Çelik | 16,873 | 9.3 | 4 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 15,887 | 8.8 | 7 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 15,351 | 8.5 | 5 |
| 08 | Doğan | 14,032 | 7.7 | 12 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 11,879 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 10 | Aslan | 10,392 | 5.7 | 14 |
| 11 | Aydın | 10,344 | 5.7 | 9 |
| 12 | Şimşek | 9,515 | 5.2 | 20 |
| 13 | Kara | 9,293 | 5.1 | 16 |
| 14 | Arslan | 9,229 | 5.1 | 11 |
| 15 | Çetin | 8,624 | 4.8 | 15 |
| 16 | Kurt | 7,845 | 4.3 | 17 |
| 17 | Öztürk | 7,477 | 4.1 | 8 |
| 18 | Taş | 7,274 | 4.0 | – |
| 19 | Kılıç | 6,960 | 3.8 | 13 |
| 20 | Sarı | 6,357 | 3.5 | – |
| 21 | Gök | 6,216 | 3.4 | – |
| 22 | Can | 6,074 | 3.3 | 27 |
| 23 | Bulut | 6,066 | 3.3 | – |
| 24 | Yalçın | 6,045 | 3.3 | – |
| 25 | Uysal | 5,851 | 3.2 | – |
| 26 | Özer | 5,655 | 3.1 | – |
| 27 | Şen | 5,563 | 3.1 | – |
| 28 | Özkan | 5,420 | 3.0 | 22 |
| 29 | Koç | 5,408 | 3.0 | 18 |
| 30 | Ateş | 5,318 | 2.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Mersin’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,814,468 in 2018, about 13.6 in every 1,000 people in Mersin are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 303,774 people, 16.7% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 25,641 people in 2018, almost exactly as many as in Mersin.
- AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 36,865 people in 2018, 1.5 times as many as in Mersin.
- KaramanKaraman: also Yılmaz, with 3,329 people in 2018, 13% of the figure in Mersin.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 23,359 people in 2018, 95% of the figure in Mersin.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,282 people in 2018, 21% of the figure in Mersin.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Mersin’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 24,680 | Demir 18,403 | Kaya 18,222 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 24,957 | Demir 18,536 | Kaya 18,492 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 25,278 | Demir 18,961 | Kaya 18,820 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 25,268 | Demir 19,229 | Kaya 18,996 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 25,531 | Demir 19,433 | Kaya 19,287 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 25,658 | Demir 19,685 | Kaya 19,509 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 25,732 | Demir 19,799 | Kaya 19,632 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 25,871 | Demir 19,976 | Kaya 19,806 |
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