Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Aegean Region·Code 48

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Muğla

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Muğla is Yılmaz: 13,977 people in 2025. Kaya is second with 10,839. Yılmaz has led Muğla every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
13,9771
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
12.72
Yılmaz
Population
1,099,5472
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Muğla, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 13,977 12.7 1
02 Kaya 10,839 9.9 2
03 Şahin 9,028 8.2 6
04 Demir 8,767 8.0 3
05 Yıldırım 8,275 7.5 7
06 Aydın 7,860 7.1 9
07 Öztürk 7,134 6.5 8
08 Çelik 7,042 6.4 4
09 Özdemir 6,864 6.2 10
10 Yıldız 6,697 6.1 5
11 Arslan 6,495 5.9 11
12 Çetin 5,525 5.0 15
13 Kara 4,519 4.1 16
14 Acar 4,372 4.0 28
15 Avcı 4,362 4.0 –
16 Doğan 4,337 3.9 12
17 Çoban 4,272 3.9 –
18 Uysal 4,234 3.9 –
19 Şimşek 3,831 3.5 20
20 Özcan 3,627 3.3 25
21 Çakır 3,559 3.2 24
22 Kurt 3,477 3.2 17
23 Bulut 3,352 3.0 –
24 Yalçın 3,278 3.0 –
25 Sarı 3,270 3.0 –
26 Özkan 3,233 2.9 22
27 Can 3,216 2.9 27
28 Kılıç 3,190 2.9 13
29 Kaplan 3,173 2.9 –
30 Korkmaz 3,159 2.9 21
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 Muğla’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 1,099,547 in 2025, about 12.7 in every 1,000 people in Muğla are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 164,964 people, 15.0% of the population.1,2

Muğla lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 13.6% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 950 k 1 m 1.05 m 1.1 m 20182019202020212022202320242025 967,487 983,142 1,000,773 1,021,141 1,048,185 1,066,736 1,081,867 1,099,547 TÜİK · ADNKS 950 k 1 m 1.05 m 1.1 m ’18’20’22’24’25 967,487 983,142 1,000,773 1,021,141 1,048,185 1,066,736 1,081,867 1,099,547
Population of Muğla, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 40,245 people in 2025, 2.9 times as many as in Muğla.
  • AydınAydın: also Yılmaz, with 12,591 people in 2025, 90% of the figure in Muğla.
  • BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,390 people in 2025, 24% of the figure in Muğla.
  • DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,744 people in 2025, 91% of the figure in Muğla.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Muğla’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 12,366Kaya 9,427Şahin 7,997
2019 Yılmaz 12,551Kaya 9,575Şahin 8,077
2020 Yılmaz 12,724Kaya 9,831Şahin 8,242
2021 Yılmaz 12,948Kaya 10,047Şahin 8,360
2022 Yılmaz 13,258Kaya 10,203Şahin 8,461
2023 Yılmaz 13,490Kaya 10,601Şahin 8,688
2024 Yılmaz 13,808Kaya 10,685Şahin 8,835
2025 Yılmaz 13,977Kaya 10,839Şahin 9,028

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