Province·Black Sea Region·Code 57
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Sinop 2019
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sinop is Yılmaz: 4,076 people in 2019. Öztürk is second with 3,717. Yılmaz has led Sinop every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Sinop, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,076 | 18.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 3,717 | 17.0 | 8 |
| 03 | Özdemir | 3,561 | 16.3 | 10 |
| 04 | Özcan | 2,931 | 13.4 | 24 |
| 05 | Kaya | 2,558 | 11.7 | 2 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,190 | 10.0 | 3 |
| 07 | Aydın | 2,105 | 9.6 | 9 |
| 08 | Çelik | 2,025 | 9.3 | 4 |
| 09 | Şahin | 2,010 | 9.2 | 6 |
| 10 | Yıldırım | 1,977 | 9.1 | 7 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 1,558 | 7.1 | 5 |
| 12 | Çetinkaya | 1,498 | 6.9 | – |
| 13 | Can | 1,463 | 6.7 | 27 |
| 14 | Baş | 1,405 | 6.4 | – |
| 15 | Ünal | 1,384 | 6.3 | – |
| 16 | Sönmez | 1,287 | 5.9 | – |
| 17 | Arslan | 1,212 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 18 | Kara | 1,192 | 5.5 | 16 |
| 19 | Aslan | 1,087 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 20 | Demircan | 1,082 | 5.0 | – |
| 21 | Gül | 1,002 | 4.6 | – |
| 22 | Yalçın | 982 | 4.5 | – |
| 23 | Kurt | 969 | 4.4 | 17 |
| 24 | Çakır | 922 | 4.2 | 23 |
| 25= | Bozkurt | 916 | 4.2 | – |
| 25= | Şentürk | 916 | 4.2 | – |
| 26 | Çetin | 915 | 4.2 | 15 |
| 27 | Yüksel | 905 | 4.1 | – |
| 28 | Koca | 881 | 4.0 | – |
| 29 | Yaman | 865 | 4.0 | – |
| 30 | Şen | 857 | 3.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sinop’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 218,243 in 2019, about 18.7 in every 1,000 people in Sinop are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 50,448 people, 23.1% of the population.1,2
Sinop lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 0.7% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 219,733 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 218,243 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,888 people); Yılmaz, first in Sinop, ranks 2nd there with 5,754.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,739 people in 2019, 1.7 times as many as in Sinop.
- SamsunSamsun: also Yılmaz, with 24,570 people in 2019, 6.0 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