Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 51

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Niğde

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Niğde is Yılmaz: 5,303 people in 2025. Öztürk is second with 4,504. Yılmaz has led Niğde every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
5,3031
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
14.22
Yılmaz
Population
374,4922
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Niğde, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 5,303 14.2 1
02 Öztürk 4,504 12.0 8
03 Şahin 3,766 10.1 6
04 Demir 3,132 8.4 3
05 Doğan 2,694 7.2 12
06 Aydın 2,560 6.8 9
07 Çelik 2,512 6.7 4
08 Erdoğan 2,461 6.6 26
09 Özdemir 2,398 6.4 10
10 Yıldız 2,367 6.3 5
11 Kaya 2,336 6.2 2
12 Kılıç 2,087 5.6 13
13 Yüksel 2,035 5.4 –
14 Özcan 1,999 5.3 25
15 Özkan 1,809 4.8 22
16 Ünal 1,719 4.6 –
17 Yıldırım 1,700 4.5 7
18 Aslan 1,607 4.3 14
19 Kılınç 1,576 4.2 –
20 Polat 1,561 4.2 19
21 Çınar 1,531 4.1 –
22 Koç 1,492 4.0 18
23 Özer 1,463 3.9 –
24 Çetin 1,447 3.9 15
25 Arıkan 1,440 3.8 –
26 Arı 1,393 3.7 –
27 Özbek 1,388 3.7 –
28 Soylu 1,328 3.5 –
29 Arslan 1,322 3.5 11
30 Eroğlu 1,298 3.5 –
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 Niğde’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 374,492 in 2025, about 14.2 in every 1,000 people in Niğde are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 64,228 people, 17.2% of the population.1,2

Niğde lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.7% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 360 k 370 k 20182019202020212022202320242025 364,707 362,861 362,071 363,725 365,419 377,080 372,708 374,492 TÜİK · ADNKS 360 k 370 k ’18’20’22’24’25 364,707 362,861 362,071 363,725 365,419 377,080 372,708 374,492
Population of Niğde, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 26,146 people in 2025, 4.9 times as many as in Niğde.
  • AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,340 people); Yılmaz, first in Niğde, ranks 4th there with 3,769.
  • KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 19,616 people in 2025, 3.7 times as many as in Niğde.
  • KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,625 people in 2025, 4.6 times as many as in Niğde.
  • MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 25,871 people in 2025, 4.9 times as many as in Niğde.
  • NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,774 people in 2025, 90% of the figure in Niğde.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Niğde’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 5,282Öztürk 4,682Şahin 3,617
2019 Yılmaz 5,206Öztürk 4,312Şahin 3,610
2020 Yılmaz 5,164Öztürk 4,260Şahin 3,637
2021 Yılmaz 5,182Öztürk 4,203Şahin 3,698
2022 Yılmaz 5,247Öztürk 4,199Şahin 3,729
2023 Yılmaz 5,379Öztürk 4,808Şahin 3,843
2024 Yılmaz 5,312Öztürk 4,480Şahin 3,793
2025 Yılmaz 5,303Öztürk 4,504Şahin 3,766

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