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TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Osmaniye 2023
The most common surname in Osmaniye is Demir (5,441 people, 2023). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Osmaniye. Yılmaz is second with 5,133. Demir has led Osmaniye every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Osmaniye, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 5,441 | 9.8 | 3 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 5,133 | 9.2 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 4,681 | 8.4 | 2 |
| 04 | Çelik | 4,161 | 7.5 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 3,642 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 06 | Doğan | 3,609 | 6.5 | 12 |
| 07 | Şahin | 3,518 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 08 | Kurt | 3,480 | 6.2 | 17 |
| 09 | Kara | 3,353 | 6.0 | 16 |
| 10 | Gök | 3,240 | 5.8 | – |
| 11 | Yıldız | 3,074 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 2,896 | 5.2 | 10 |
| 13 | Aslan | 2,837 | 5.1 | 14 |
| 14 | Kılıç | 2,593 | 4.6 | 13 |
| 15 | Öztürk | 2,364 | 4.2 | 8 |
| 16 | Köse | 2,160 | 3.9 | – |
| 17 | Ateş | 1,961 | 3.5 | – |
| 18 | Çetin | 1,960 | 3.5 | 15 |
| 19 | Arslan | 1,840 | 3.3 | 11 |
| 20 | Coşkun | 1,834 | 3.3 | – |
| 21 | Avcı | 1,803 | 3.2 | – |
| 22 | Demirci | 1,757 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | Güneş | 1,728 | 3.1 | 29 |
| 24 | Gül | 1,651 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Yiğit | 1,637 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Türkmenoğlu | 1,592 | 2.9 | – |
| 27 | Özkan | 1,570 | 2.8 | 22 |
| 28 | Küçük | 1,565 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Koç | 1,556 | 2.8 | 18 |
| 30 | Güzel | 1,502 | 2.7 | – |
How do these counts compare with Osmaniye’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 557,666 in 2023, about 9.8 in every 1,000 people in Osmaniye are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 80,138 people, 14.4% of the population.1,2
Osmaniye lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 4.4% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 534,415 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 538,759 |
| 2020 | 548,556 |
| 2021 | 553,012 |
| 2022 | 559,405 |
| 2023 | 557,666 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: Yılmaz leads (26,091 people); Demir, first in Osmaniye, ranks 3rd there with 22,376.
- GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (43,585 people); Demir, first in Osmaniye, ranks 3rd there with 35,797.
- HatayHatay: Yılmaz leads (15,189 people); Demir, first in Osmaniye, ranks 5th there with 10,476.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: also Demir, with 14,290 people in 2023, 2.6 times as many as in Osmaniye.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Osmaniye’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Demir 5,140 | Yılmaz 4,981 | Kaya 4,537 |
| 2019 | Demir 5,238 | Yılmaz 5,036 | Kaya 4,580 |
| 2020 | Demir 5,274 | Yılmaz 5,058 | Kaya 4,599 |
| 2021 | Demir 5,387 | Yılmaz 5,083 | Kaya 4,637 |
| 2022 | Demir 5,476 | Yılmaz 5,126 | Kaya 4,666 |
| 2023 | Demir 5,441 | Yılmaz 5,133 | Kaya 4,681 |
| 2024 | Demir 5,501 | Yılmaz 5,176 | Kaya 4,726 |
| 2025 | Demir 5,600 | Yılmaz 5,183 | Kaya 4,776 |
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