Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 51
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Niğde 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Niğde is Yılmaz: 5,247 people in 2022. Öztürk is second with 4,199. Yılmaz has led Niğde every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Niğde, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 5,247 | 14.4 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 4,199 | 11.5 | 8 |
| 03 | Şahin | 3,729 | 10.2 | 6 |
| 04 | Demir | 2,960 | 8.1 | 3 |
| 05 | Doğan | 2,673 | 7.3 | 12 |
| 06 | Aydın | 2,492 | 6.8 | 9 |
| 07 | Çelik | 2,489 | 6.8 | 4 |
| 08 | Erdoğan | 2,470 | 6.8 | 26 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 2,339 | 6.4 | 10 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 2,302 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 11 | Kaya | 2,186 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 2,081 | 5.7 | 13 |
| 13 | Yüksel | 2,015 | 5.5 | – |
| 14 | Özcan | 1,917 | 5.2 | 25 |
| 15 | Özkan | 1,769 | 4.8 | 22 |
| 16 | Ünal | 1,703 | 4.7 | – |
| 17 | Yıldırım | 1,683 | 4.6 | 7 |
| 18 | Aslan | 1,557 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 19 | Polat | 1,529 | 4.2 | 19 |
| 20 | Kılınç | 1,500 | 4.1 | – |
| 21 | Özer | 1,493 | 4.1 | – |
| 22 | Koç | 1,483 | 4.1 | 18 |
| 23 | Çınar | 1,451 | 4.0 | – |
| 24 | Arıkan | 1,434 | 3.9 | – |
| 25 | Çetin | 1,409 | 3.9 | 15 |
| 26 | Özbek | 1,324 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Arı | 1,317 | 3.6 | – |
| 28 | Soylu | 1,284 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Arslan | 1,282 | 3.5 | 11 |
| 30 | Eroğlu | 1,262 | 3.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Niğde’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 365,419 in 2022, about 14.4 in every 1,000 people in Niğde are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 62,579 people, 17.1% of the population.1,2
Niğde lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.2% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 364,707 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 362,861 |
| 2020 | 362,071 |
| 2021 | 363,725 |
| 2022 | 365,419 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 26,197 people in 2022, 5.0 times as many as in Niğde.
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,268 people); Yılmaz, first in Niğde, ranks 4th there with 3,634.
- KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 19,227 people in 2022, 3.7 times as many as in Niğde.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,185 people in 2022, 4.6 times as many as in Niğde.
- MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 25,531 people in 2022, 4.9 times as many as in Niğde.
- NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,620 people in 2022, 88% of the figure in Niğde.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Niğde’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 5,282 | Öztürk 4,682 | Şahin 3,617 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 5,206 | Öztürk 4,312 | Şahin 3,610 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 5,164 | Öztürk 4,260 | Şahin 3,637 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 5,182 | Öztürk 4,203 | Şahin 3,698 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 5,247 | Öztürk 4,199 | Şahin 3,729 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 5,379 | Öztürk 4,808 | Şahin 3,843 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 5,312 | Öztürk 4,480 | Şahin 3,793 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 5,303 | Öztürk 4,504 | Şahin 3,766 |
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