Province·Black Sea Region·Code 55
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Samsun 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Samsun is Yılmaz: 24,847 people in 2022. Şahin is second with 18,310. Yılmaz has led Samsun every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Samsun in 2022?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 24,847 | 18.2 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 18,310 | 13.4 | 6 |
| 03 | Kaya | 16,309 | 11.9 | 2 |
| 04 | Aydın | 14,245 | 10.4 | 9 |
| 05 | Öztürk | 13,852 | 10.1 | 8 |
| 06 | Demir | 12,827 | 9.4 | 3 |
| 07 | Arslan | 11,656 | 8.5 | 11 |
| 08 | Çakır | 10,863 | 7.9 | 24 |
| 09 | Keskin | 10,453 | 7.6 | – |
| 10 | Yıldız | 9,863 | 7.2 | 5 |
| 11 | Çelik | 9,803 | 7.2 | 4 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 8,448 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 13 | Yıldırım | 8,404 | 6.1 | 7 |
| 14 | Kılıç | 7,730 | 5.6 | 13 |
| 15 | Kurt | 7,188 | 5.3 | 17 |
| 16 | Sağlam | 6,116 | 4.5 | – |
| 17 | Kara | 5,905 | 4.3 | 16 |
| 18 | Şen | 5,751 | 4.2 | – |
| 19 | Koç | 5,664 | 4.1 | 18 |
| 20 | Köse | 5,573 | 4.1 | – |
| 21 | Uzun | 5,317 | 3.9 | – |
| 22 | Baş | 5,206 | 3.8 | – |
| 23 | Aslan | 5,158 | 3.8 | 14 |
| 24 | Yüksel | 4,889 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Yavuz | 4,774 | 3.5 | 23 |
| 26 | Doğan | 4,523 | 3.3 | 12 |
| 27 | Korkmaz | 4,401 | 3.2 | 21 |
| 28 | Keleş | 4,048 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Erdoğan | 3,990 | 2.9 | 26 |
| 30 | Özkan | 3,907 | 2.9 | 22 |
How do these counts compare with Samsun’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,368,488 in 2022, about 18.2 in every 1,000 people in Samsun are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 260,020 people, 19.0% of the population.1,2
Samsun lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.5% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 1,335,716 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,348,542 |
| 2020 | 1,356,079 |
| 2021 | 1,371,274 |
| 2022 | 1,368,488 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amasya | Şahin4,888 | Yılmaz4,070 | Demir3,638 |
| Çorum | Şahin7,751 | Yılmaz5,861 | Kaya5,098 |
| Ordu | Yılmaz15,937 | Şahin10,622 | Öztürk9,458 |
| Sinop | Yılmaz4,191 | Öztürk3,799 | Özdemir3,597 |
| Tokat | Yılmaz12,911 | Şahin11,227 | Demir7,878 |
- AmasyaAmasya: Şahin leads (4,888 people); Yılmaz, first in Samsun, ranks 2nd there with 4,070.
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,751 people); Yılmaz, first in Samsun, ranks 2nd there with 5,861.
- OrduOrdu: also Yılmaz, with 15,937 people in 2022, 64% of the figure in Samsun.
- SinopSinop: also Yılmaz, with 4,191 people in 2022, 17% of the figure in Samsun.
- TokatTokat: also Yılmaz, with 12,911 people in 2022, 52% 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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Black Sea Region?
Adding the published 2022 lists of the 18 provinces in the same region as Samsun puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 154,604 | 18 |
| Şahin | 88,628 | 16 |
| Öztürk | 83,165 | 18 |
| Aydın | 82,519 | 18 |
| Demir | 74,128 | 18 |
| Kaya | 72,936 | 18 |
| Arslan | 58,829 | 16 |
| Çelik | 58,738 | 18 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Samsun between 2021 and 2022?
In Samsun’s top 30 list between 2021 and 2022, no new surname entered; 1 moved up, 1 moved down and 28 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2021 | 2022 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +141 |
| Şahin | 2 | 2 | +47 |
| Kaya | 3 | 3 | +53 |
| Aydın | 4 | 4 | +75 |
| Öztürk | 5 | 5 | +89 |
| Demir | 6 | 6 | +56 |
| Arslan | 7 | 7 | +72 |
| Çakır | 8 | 8 | +65 |
| Keskin | 9 | 9 | +94 |
| Yıldız | 10 | 10 | +52 |
| Çelik | 11 | 11 | +28 |
| Özdemir | 13 | 12 | +129 |
| Yıldırım | 12 | 13 | +74 |
| Kılıç | 14 | 14 | +13 |
| Kurt | 15 | 15 | +14 |
| Sağlam | 16 | 16 | +23 |
| Kara | 17 | 17 | +56 |
| Şen | 18 | 18 | −6 |
| Koç | 19 | 19 | +24 |
| Köse | 20 | 20 | +32 |
| Uzun | 21 | 21 | +81 |
| Baş | 22 | 22 | +53 |
| Aslan | 23 | 23 | +31 |
| Yüksel | 24 | 24 | +15 |
| Yavuz | 25 | 25 | +32 |
| Doğan | 26 | 26 | +76 |
| Korkmaz | 27 | 27 | +28 |
| Keleş | 28 | 28 | −2 |
| Erdoğan | 29 | 29 | +61 |
| Özkan | 30 | 30 | +7 |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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