Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 51
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Niğde 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Niğde is Yılmaz: 5,312 people in 2024. Öztürk is second with 4,480. Yılmaz has led Niğde every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Niğde, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 5,312 | 14.3 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 4,480 | 12.0 | 8 |
| 03 | Şahin | 3,793 | 10.2 | 6 |
| 04 | Demir | 3,079 | 8.3 | 3 |
| 05 | Doğan | 2,702 | 7.2 | 12 |
| 06 | Aydın | 2,559 | 6.9 | 9 |
| 07 | Çelik | 2,501 | 6.7 | 4 |
| 08 | Erdoğan | 2,459 | 6.6 | 26 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 2,400 | 6.4 | 10 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 2,351 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 11 | Kaya | 2,269 | 6.1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 2,057 | 5.5 | 13 |
| 13 | Yüksel | 2,018 | 5.4 | – |
| 14 | Özcan | 1,999 | 5.4 | 25 |
| 15 | Özkan | 1,800 | 4.8 | 22 |
| 16 | Ünal | 1,742 | 4.7 | – |
| 17 | Yıldırım | 1,698 | 4.6 | 7 |
| 18 | Aslan | 1,586 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 19 | Polat | 1,566 | 4.2 | 19 |
| 20 | Kılınç | 1,545 | 4.1 | – |
| 21 | Çınar | 1,530 | 4.1 | – |
| 22 | Koç | 1,486 | 4.0 | 18 |
| 23 | Özer | 1,467 | 3.9 | – |
| 24 | Arıkan | 1,440 | 3.9 | – |
| 25 | Çetin | 1,439 | 3.9 | 15 |
| 26 | Arı | 1,437 | 3.9 | – |
| 27 | Özbek | 1,369 | 3.7 | – |
| 28 | Eroğlu | 1,312 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Soylu | 1,308 | 3.5 | – |
| 30 | Arslan | 1,285 | 3.4 | 11 |
How do these counts compare with Niğde’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 372,708 in 2024, about 14.3 in every 1,000 people in Niğde are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 63,989 people, 17.2% of the population.1,2
Niğde lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.2% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 364,707 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 362,861 |
| 2020 | 362,071 |
| 2021 | 363,725 |
| 2022 | 365,419 |
| 2023 | 377,080 |
| 2024 | 372,708 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 26,063 people in 2024, 4.9 times as many as in Niğde.
- AksarayAksaray: Kılıç leads (4,302 people); Yılmaz, first in Niğde, ranks 4th there with 3,756.
- KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 19,508 people in 2024, 3.7 times as many as in Niğde.
- KonyaKonya: also Yılmaz, with 24,581 people in 2024, 4.6 times as many as in Niğde.
- MersinMersin: also Yılmaz, with 25,732 people in 2024, 4.8 times as many as in Niğde.
- NevşehirNevşehir: also Yılmaz, with 4,685 people in 2024, 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