Province·Black Sea Region·Code 57
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Sinop
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sinop is Yılmaz: 4,184 people in 2025. Öztürk is second with 3,780. Yılmaz has led Sinop every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Sinop, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,184 | 18.5 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 3,780 | 16.7 | 8 |
| 03 | Özdemir | 3,663 | 16.2 | 10 |
| 04 | Özcan | 2,968 | 13.1 | 25 |
| 05 | Kaya | 2,638 | 11.7 | 2 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,310 | 10.2 | 3 |
| 07 | Aydın | 2,171 | 9.6 | 9 |
| 08 | Şahin | 2,037 | 9.0 | 6 |
| 09 | Çelik | 2,033 | 9.0 | 4 |
| 10 | Yıldırım | 2,026 | 9.0 | 7 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 1,650 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 12 | Çetinkaya | 1,537 | 6.8 | – |
| 13 | Baş | 1,502 | 6.7 | – |
| 14 | Can | 1,495 | 6.6 | 27 |
| 15 | Ünal | 1,435 | 6.4 | – |
| 16 | Arslan | 1,269 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 17 | Sönmez | 1,251 | 5.5 | – |
| 18 | Kara | 1,216 | 5.4 | 16 |
| 19 | Aslan | 1,123 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 20 | Demircan | 1,085 | 4.8 | – |
| 21 | Kurt | 1,018 | 4.5 | 17 |
| 22 | Yalçın | 1,011 | 4.5 | – |
| 23 | Gül | 969 | 4.3 | – |
| 24 | Çakır | 965 | 4.3 | 24 |
| 25 | Çetin | 943 | 4.2 | 15 |
| 26 | Yüksel | 942 | 4.2 | – |
| 27 | Şentürk | 937 | 4.1 | – |
| 28 | Koca | 932 | 4.1 | – |
| 29 | Bozkurt | 930 | 4.1 | – |
| 30 | Yaman | 867 | 3.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sinop’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 225,848 in 2025, about 18.5 in every 1,000 people in Sinop are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 50,887 people, 22.5% of the population.1,2
Sinop lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.8% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 219,733 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 218,243 |
| 2020 | 216,460 |
| 2021 | 218,408 |
| 2022 | 220,799 |
| 2023 | 229,716 |
| 2024 | 226,957 |
| 2025 | 225,848 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,613 people); Yılmaz, first in Sinop, ranks 2nd there with 5,834.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,866 people in 2025, 1.6 times as many as in Sinop.
- SamsunSamsun: also Yılmaz, with 25,396 people in 2025, 6.1 times as many as in Sinop.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Sinop’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 4,072 | Özdemir 3,689 | Öztürk 3,681 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 4,076 | Öztürk 3,717 | Özdemir 3,561 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 4,065 | Öztürk 3,693 | Özdemir 3,505 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 4,126 | Öztürk 3,761 | Özdemir 3,550 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 4,191 | Öztürk 3,799 | Özdemir 3,597 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 4,267 | Öztürk 3,860 | Özdemir 3,744 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 4,233 | Öztürk 3,802 | Özdemir 3,697 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 4,184 | Öztürk 3,780 | Özdemir 3,663 |
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