Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 50
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Nevşehir 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Nevşehir is Yılmaz: 4,469 people in 2020. Şahin is second with 3,730. Yılmaz has led Nevşehir every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Nevşehir, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,469 | 14.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 3,730 | 12.2 | 6 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,768 | 9.1 | 3 |
| 04 | Öztürk | 2,496 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 05 | Kaya | 2,382 | 7.8 | 2 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 2,260 | 7.4 | 10 |
| 07 | Doğan | 2,207 | 7.2 | 12 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,028 | 6.7 | 4 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 1,757 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 10 | Yıldırım | 1,721 | 5.6 | 7 |
| 11 | Aydın | 1,707 | 5.6 | 9 |
| 12 | Özcan | 1,467 | 4.8 | 25 |
| 13 | Özer | 1,463 | 4.8 | – |
| 14 | Yüksel | 1,370 | 4.5 | – |
| 15 | Kılıç | 1,316 | 4.3 | 13 |
| 16 | Ertaş | 1,310 | 4.3 | – |
| 17 | Ünal | 1,267 | 4.2 | – |
| 18 | Güven | 1,247 | 4.1 | – |
| 19 | Güneş | 1,211 | 4.0 | 29 |
| 20 | Şimşek | 1,159 | 3.8 | 20 |
| 21 | Çetin | 1,115 | 3.7 | 15 |
| 22 | Çalışkan | 1,087 | 3.6 | – |
| 23 | Arslan | 1,086 | 3.6 | 11 |
| 24 | Korkmaz | 1,077 | 3.5 | 21 |
| 25 | Aslan | 1,056 | 3.5 | 14 |
| 26 | Uçar | 1,054 | 3.5 | – |
| 27 | Yalçın | 1,033 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Karataş | 1,009 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Ceylan | 1,003 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Özkan | 996 | 3.3 | 22 |
How do these counts compare with Nevşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 304,962 in 2020, about 14.7 in every 1,000 people in Nevşehir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 49,851 people, 16.3% of the population.1,2
Nevşehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.2% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 298,339 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 303,010 |
| 2020 | 304,962 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,172 people); Yılmaz, first in Nevşehir, ranks 4th there with 3,548.
- KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 19,035 people in 2020, 4.3 times as many as in Nevşehir.
- KırşehirKırşehir: Şahin leads (4,443 people); Yılmaz, first in Nevşehir, ranks 2nd there with 4,423.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,164 people in 2020, 1.2 times as many as in Nevşehir.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,751 people); Yılmaz, first in Nevşehir, ranks 2nd there with 6,910.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Nevşehir’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 4,445 | Şahin 3,670 | Demir 2,750 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 4,440 | Şahin 3,719 | Demir 2,741 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 4,469 | Şahin 3,730 | Demir 2,768 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 4,560 | Şahin 3,759 | Demir 2,805 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 4,620 | Şahin 3,752 | Demir 2,836 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 4,686 | Şahin 3,778 | Demir 2,921 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 4,685 | Şahin 3,848 | Demir 2,903 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 4,774 | Şahin 3,860 | Demir 2,885 |
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