Province·Marmara Region·Code 54
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Sakarya 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sakarya is Yılmaz: 17,390 people in 2024. 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, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 17,390 | 15.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldız | 9,309 | 8.4 | 5 |
| 03 | Demir | 9,273 | 8.3 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 8,749 | 7.9 | 2 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 8,326 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 06 | Öztürk | 8,135 | 7.3 | 8 |
| 07 | Aydın | 8,105 | 7.3 | 9 |
| 08 | Çelik | 7,903 | 7.1 | 4 |
| 09 | Şahin | 7,332 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 6,287 | 5.7 | 13 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 6,199 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 12 | Arslan | 5,749 | 5.2 | 11 |
| 13 | Çetin | 5,052 | 4.5 | 15 |
| 14 | Keskin | 4,515 | 4.1 | – |
| 15 | Koç | 4,457 | 4.0 | 18 |
| 16 | Çakır | 4,342 | 3.9 | 24 |
| 17 | Kara | 4,145 | 3.7 | 16 |
| 18 | Sarı | 4,035 | 3.6 | – |
| 19 | Kurt | 3,909 | 3.5 | 17 |
| 20 | Özcan | 3,692 | 3.3 | 25 |
| 21 | Yavuz | 3,643 | 3.3 | 23 |
| 22 | Şen | 3,576 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | Can | 3,526 | 3.2 | 27 |
| 24 | Köse | 3,522 | 3.2 | – |
| 25 | Özkan | 3,451 | 3.1 | 22 |
| 26 | Acar | 3,437 | 3.1 | 28 |
| 27 | Doğan | 3,360 | 3.0 | 12 |
| 28 | Turan | 3,306 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Uzun | 3,127 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Avcı | 3,070 | 2.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sakarya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,110,735 in 2024, about 15.7 in every 1,000 people in Sakarya are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 170,922 people, 15.4% of the population.1,2
Sakarya lies in the Marmara Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 9.9% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 1,010,700 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,029,650 |
| 2020 | 1,042,649 |
| 2021 | 1,060,876 |
| 2022 | 1,080,080 |
| 2023 | 1,098,115 |
| 2024 | 1,110,735 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BilecikBilecik: also Yılmaz, with 3,352 people in 2024, 19% of the figure in Sakarya.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,122 people in 2024, 35% of the figure in Sakarya.
- BursaBursa: also Yılmaz, with 46,156 people in 2024, 2.7 times as many as in Sakarya.
- DüzceDüzce: also Yılmaz, with 7,944 people in 2024, 46% of the figure in Sakarya.
- KocaeliKocaeli: also Yılmaz, with 33,579 people in 2024, 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