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TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Sakarya 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sakarya is Yılmaz: 15,984 people in 2018. It leads by a wide margin, 1.9 times as many bearers as Yıldız in second place. Yılmaz has led Sakarya every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Sakarya, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 15,984 | 15.8 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldız | 8,484 | 8.4 | 5 |
| 03 | Demir | 8,157 | 8.1 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 7,916 | 7.8 | 2 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 7,541 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 06 | Öztürk | 7,497 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 07 | Aydın | 7,317 | 7.2 | 9 |
| 08 | Çelik | 7,254 | 7.2 | 4 |
| 09 | Şahin | 6,539 | 6.5 | 6 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 5,830 | 5.8 | 13 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 5,672 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 12 | Arslan | 5,150 | 5.1 | 11 |
| 13 | Çetin | 4,835 | 4.8 | 15 |
| 14 | Keskin | 4,194 | 4.1 | – |
| 15 | Çakır | 4,008 | 4.0 | 23 |
| 16 | Koç | 3,973 | 3.9 | 18 |
| 17 | Kara | 3,790 | 3.7 | 16 |
| 18 | Sarı | 3,778 | 3.7 | – |
| 19 | Kurt | 3,562 | 3.5 | 17 |
| 20 | Özcan | 3,492 | 3.5 | 24 |
| 21 | Şen | 3,370 | 3.3 | – |
| 22 | Yavuz | 3,337 | 3.3 | 25 |
| 23 | Köse | 3,239 | 3.2 | – |
| 24 | Özkan | 3,230 | 3.2 | 22 |
| 25 | Can | 3,222 | 3.2 | 27 |
| 26 | Acar | 3,166 | 3.1 | 28 |
| 27 | Turan | 3,042 | 3.0 | – |
| 28 | Doğan | 2,955 | 2.9 | 12 |
| 29 | Avcı | 2,919 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Duman | 2,891 | 2.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sakarya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,010,700 in 2018, about 15.8 in every 1,000 people in Sakarya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 156,344 people, 15.5% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,260 people in 2018, 20% of the figure in Sakarya.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 5,879 people in 2018, 37% of the figure in Sakarya.
- BursaBursa: also Yılmaz, with 43,526 people in 2018, 2.7 times as many as in Sakarya.
- DüzceDüzce: also Yılmaz, with 7,638 people in 2018, 48% of the figure in Sakarya.
- KocaeliKocaeli: also Yılmaz, with 30,542 people in 2018, 1.9 times as many as in Sakarya.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Sakarya’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 15,984 | Yıldız 8,484 | Demir 8,157 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 16,247 | Yıldız 8,613 | Demir 8,305 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 16,379 | Yıldız 8,671 | Demir 8,424 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 16,575 | Yıldız 8,823 | Demir 8,656 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 16,913 | Yıldız 8,956 | Demir 8,876 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 17,110 | Yıldız 9,192 | Demir 9,183 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 17,390 | Yıldız 9,309 | Demir 9,273 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 17,597 | Demir 9,437 | Yıldız 9,317 |
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