Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 50
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Nevşehir 2021
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Nevşehir is Yılmaz: 4,560 people in 2021. Şahin is second with 3,759. Yılmaz has led Nevşehir every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Nevşehir, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,560 | 14.8 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 3,759 | 12.2 | 6 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,805 | 9.1 | 3 |
| 04 | Öztürk | 2,512 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 05 | Kaya | 2,418 | 7.9 | 2 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 2,252 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 07 | Doğan | 2,231 | 7.2 | 12 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,028 | 6.6 | 4 |
| 09 | Yıldız | 1,769 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 10 | Yıldırım | 1,767 | 5.7 | 7 |
| 11 | Aydın | 1,751 | 5.7 | 9 |
| 12 | Özer | 1,469 | 4.8 | – |
| 13 | Özcan | 1,465 | 4.8 | 25 |
| 14 | Yüksel | 1,396 | 4.5 | – |
| 15 | Kılıç | 1,333 | 4.3 | 13 |
| 16 | Ertaş | 1,313 | 4.3 | – |
| 17 | Ünal | 1,279 | 4.2 | – |
| 18 | Güven | 1,268 | 4.1 | – |
| 19 | Güneş | 1,204 | 3.9 | 29 |
| 20 | Şimşek | 1,181 | 3.8 | 20 |
| 21 | Çetin | 1,138 | 3.7 | 15 |
| 22 | Arslan | 1,123 | 3.6 | 11 |
| 23 | Korkmaz | 1,072 | 3.5 | 21 |
| 24 | Aslan | 1,064 | 3.5 | 14 |
| 25 | Çalışkan | 1,062 | 3.4 | – |
| 26 | Uçar | 1,047 | 3.4 | – |
| 27 | Yalçın | 1,034 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Karataş | 1,033 | 3.4 | – |
| 29 | Ceylan | 1,005 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Özkan | 1,003 | 3.3 | 22 |
How do these counts compare with Nevşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 308,003 in 2021, about 14.8 in every 1,000 people in Nevşehir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 50,341 people, 16.3% of the population.1,2
Nevşehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.2% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 298,339 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 303,010 |
| 2020 | 304,962 |
| 2021 | 308,003 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,234 people); Yılmaz, first in Nevşehir, ranks 4th there with 3,614.
- KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 19,117 people in 2021, 4.2 times as many as in Nevşehir.
- KırşehirKırşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,410 people in 2021, almost exactly as many as in Nevşehir.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,182 people in 2021, 1.1 times as many as in Nevşehir.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,566 people); Yılmaz, first in Nevşehir, ranks 2nd there with 6,889.
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