Province·Black Sea Region·Code 55
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Samsun 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Samsun is Yılmaz: 24,419 people in 2018. Şahin is second with 17,915. Yılmaz has led Samsun every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Samsun, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 24,419 | 18.3 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 17,915 | 13.4 | 6 |
| 03 | Kaya | 16,066 | 12.0 | 2 |
| 04 | Aydın | 13,966 | 10.5 | 9 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 13,412 | 10.0 | 8 |
| 06 | Demir | 12,416 | 9.3 | 3 |
| 07 | Arslan | 11,426 | 8.6 | 11 |
| 08 | Çakır | 10,708 | 8.0 | 23 |
| 09 | Keskin | 10,266 | 7.7 | – |
| 10 | Yıldız | 9,710 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 11 | Çelik | 9,489 | 7.1 | 4 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 8,123 | 6.1 | 10 |
| 13 | Yıldırım | 8,110 | 6.1 | 7 |
| 14 | Kılıç | 7,486 | 5.6 | 13 |
| 15 | Kurt | 7,097 | 5.3 | 17 |
| 16 | Sağlam | 6,021 | 4.5 | – |
| 17 | Şen | 5,737 | 4.3 | – |
| 18 | Kara | 5,698 | 4.3 | 16 |
| 19 | Koç | 5,598 | 4.2 | 18 |
| 20 | Köse | 5,407 | 4.0 | – |
| 21 | Aslan | 5,093 | 3.8 | 14 |
| 22 | Uzun | 5,021 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Baş | 5,018 | 3.8 | – |
| 24 | Yüksel | 4,835 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Yavuz | 4,695 | 3.5 | 25 |
| 26 | Doğan | 4,375 | 3.3 | 12 |
| 27 | Korkmaz | 4,256 | 3.2 | 21 |
| 28 | Keleş | 4,055 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Erdoğan | 3,898 | 2.9 | 26 |
| 30 | Özkan | 3,892 | 2.9 | 22 |
How do these counts compare with Samsun’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,335,716 in 2018, about 18.3 in every 1,000 people in Samsun are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 254,208 people, 19.0% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AmasyaAmasya: Şahin leads (4,898 people); Yılmaz, first in Samsun, ranks 2nd there with 4,117.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,987 people); Yılmaz, first in Samsun, ranks 2nd there with 5,828.
- OrduOrdu: also Yılmaz, with 16,633 people in 2018, 68% of the figure in Samsun.
- SinopSinop: also Yılmaz, with 4,072 people in 2018, 17% of the figure in Samsun.
- TokatTokat: also Yılmaz, with 13,425 people in 2018, 55% of the figure in Samsun.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Samsun’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 24,419 | Şahin 17,915 | Kaya 16,066 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 24,570 | Şahin 17,856 | Kaya 16,040 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 24,787 | Şahin 18,154 | Kaya 16,162 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 24,706 | Şahin 18,263 | Kaya 16,256 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 24,847 | Şahin 18,310 | Kaya 16,309 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 25,182 | Şahin 18,616 | Kaya 16,563 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 25,237 | Şahin 18,656 | Kaya 16,659 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 25,396 | Şahin 18,758 | Kaya 16,690 |
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