Province·Aegean Region·Code 48
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Muğla 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Muğla is Yılmaz: 12,366 people in 2018. Kaya is second with 9,427. Yılmaz has led Muğla every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Muğla, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,366 | 12.8 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 9,427 | 9.7 | 2 |
| 03 | Şahin | 7,997 | 8.3 | 6 |
| 04 | Demir | 7,681 | 7.9 | 3 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 7,497 | 7.7 | 7 |
| 06 | Aydın | 7,061 | 7.3 | 9 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 6,473 | 6.7 | 8 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 6,222 | 6.4 | 10 |
| 09 | Çelik | 6,085 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 10 | Arslan | 5,866 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 5,806 | 6.0 | 5 |
| 12 | Çetin | 5,047 | 5.2 | 15 |
| 13 | Acar | 4,146 | 4.3 | 28 |
| 14 | Uysal | 4,140 | 4.3 | – |
| 15 | Kara | 4,120 | 4.3 | 16 |
| 16 | Çoban | 4,114 | 4.3 | – |
| 17 | Avcı | 4,061 | 4.2 | – |
| 18 | Doğan | 3,643 | 3.8 | 12 |
| 19 | Şimşek | 3,570 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 20 | Çakır | 3,321 | 3.4 | 23 |
| 21 | Özcan | 3,284 | 3.4 | 24 |
| 22 | Kurt | 3,089 | 3.2 | 17 |
| 23 | Sarı | 3,078 | 3.2 | – |
| 24 | Bulut | 3,052 | 3.2 | – |
| 25 | Yalçın | 2,964 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Can | 2,942 | 3.0 | 27 |
| 27 | Özkan | 2,917 | 3.0 | 22 |
| 28 | Korkmaz | 2,893 | 3.0 | 21 |
| 29 | Kaplan | 2,889 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Keskin | 2,823 | 2.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Muğla’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 967,487 in 2018, about 12.8 in every 1,000 people in Muğla are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 148,574 people, 15.4% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AntalyaAntalya: also Yılmaz, with 36,865 people in 2018, 3.0 times as many as in Muğla.
- AydınAydın: also Yılmaz, with 11,922 people in 2018, almost exactly as many as in Muğla.
- BurdurBurdur: also Yılmaz, with 3,318 people in 2018, 27% of the figure in Muğla.
- DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,364 people in 2018, almost exactly as many as in Muğla.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Muğla’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 12,366 | Kaya 9,427 | Şahin 7,997 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 12,551 | Kaya 9,575 | Şahin 8,077 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 12,724 | Kaya 9,831 | Şahin 8,242 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 12,948 | Kaya 10,047 | Şahin 8,360 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 13,258 | Kaya 10,203 | Şahin 8,461 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 13,490 | Kaya 10,601 | Şahin 8,688 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 13,808 | Kaya 10,685 | Şahin 8,835 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 13,977 | Kaya 10,839 | Şahin 9,028 |
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