Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 50
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Nevşehir 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Nevşehir is Yılmaz: 4,686 people in 2023. Şahin is second with 3,778. Yılmaz has led Nevşehir every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Nevşehir, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,686 | 14.8 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 3,778 | 12.0 | 6 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,921 | 9.2 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 2,527 | 8.0 | 2 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 2,494 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 06 | Doğan | 2,381 | 7.5 | 12 |
| 07 | Özdemir | 2,354 | 7.4 | 10 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,171 | 6.9 | 4 |
| 09 | Yıldırım | 1,855 | 5.9 | 7 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 1,818 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 11 | Aydın | 1,770 | 5.6 | 9 |
| 12 | Özer | 1,528 | 4.8 | – |
| 13 | Özcan | 1,465 | 4.6 | 25 |
| 14 | Ertaş | 1,391 | 4.4 | – |
| 15 | Kılıç | 1,389 | 4.4 | 13 |
| 16 | Yüksel | 1,374 | 4.3 | – |
| 17 | Ünal | 1,296 | 4.1 | – |
| 18 | Güven | 1,285 | 4.1 | – |
| 19 | Güneş | 1,267 | 4.0 | 29 |
| 20 | Şimşek | 1,204 | 3.8 | 20 |
| 21 | Çetin | 1,143 | 3.6 | 15 |
| 22 | Aslan | 1,142 | 3.6 | 14 |
| 23 | Arslan | 1,115 | 3.5 | 11 |
| 24 | Korkmaz | 1,097 | 3.5 | 21 |
| 25 | Karataş | 1,077 | 3.4 | – |
| 26 | Yalçın | 1,070 | 3.4 | – |
| 27 | Çalışkan | 1,068 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Ceylan | 1,054 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Uçar | 1,047 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Özkan | 1,036 | 3.3 | 22 |
How do these counts compare with Nevşehir’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 315,994 in 2023, about 14.8 in every 1,000 people in Nevşehir are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 51,803 people, 16.4% of the population.1,2
Nevşehir lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 5.9% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 298,339 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 303,010 |
| 2020 | 304,962 |
| 2021 | 308,003 |
| 2022 | 310,011 |
| 2023 | 315,994 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,284 people); Yılmaz, first in Nevşehir, ranks 4th there with 3,717.
- KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 19,289 people in 2023, 4.1 times as many as in Nevşehir.
- KırşehirKırşehir: Şahin leads (4,530 people); Yılmaz, first in Nevşehir, ranks 2nd there with 4,519.
- NiğdeNiğde: also Yılmaz, with 5,379 people in 2023, 1.1 times as many as in Nevşehir.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,547 people); Yılmaz, first in Nevşehir, ranks 2nd there with 6,896.
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