Province·Black Sea Region·Code 57
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Sinop 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sinop is Yılmaz: 4,191 people in 2022. Öztürk is second with 3,799. Yılmaz has led Sinop every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Sinop, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,191 | 19.0 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 3,799 | 17.2 | 8 |
| 03 | Özdemir | 3,597 | 16.3 | 10 |
| 04 | Özcan | 2,941 | 13.3 | 25 |
| 05 | Kaya | 2,569 | 11.6 | 2 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,202 | 10.0 | 3 |
| 07 | Aydın | 2,167 | 9.8 | 9 |
| 08 | Yıldırım | 2,017 | 9.1 | 7 |
| 09 | Şahin | 2,010 | 9.1 | 6 |
| 10 | Çelik | 2,001 | 9.1 | 4 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 1,607 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 12 | Çetinkaya | 1,503 | 6.8 | – |
| 13 | Can | 1,480 | 6.7 | 27 |
| 14 | Baş | 1,428 | 6.5 | – |
| 15 | Ünal | 1,415 | 6.4 | – |
| 16 | Arslan | 1,233 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 17 | Sönmez | 1,226 | 5.6 | – |
| 18 | Kara | 1,183 | 5.4 | 16 |
| 19 | Aslan | 1,114 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 20 | Demircan | 1,102 | 5.0 | – |
| 21 | Yalçın | 1,022 | 4.6 | – |
| 22 | Gül | 967 | 4.4 | – |
| 23 | Kurt | 964 | 4.4 | 17 |
| 24 | Şentürk | 960 | 4.3 | – |
| 25 | Çetin | 940 | 4.3 | 15 |
| 26 | Bozkurt | 926 | 4.2 | – |
| 27 | Çakır | 923 | 4.2 | 24 |
| 28 | Koca | 893 | 4.0 | – |
| 29 | Yüksel | 887 | 4.0 | – |
| 30 | Şen | 879 | 4.0 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sinop’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 220,799 in 2022, about 19.0 in every 1,000 people in Sinop are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 50,146 people, 22.7% of the population.1,2
Sinop lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.5% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 219,733 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 218,243 |
| 2020 | 216,460 |
| 2021 | 218,408 |
| 2022 | 220,799 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,751 people); Yılmaz, first in Sinop, ranks 2nd there with 5,861.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,731 people in 2022, 1.6 times as many as in Sinop.
- SamsunSamsun: also Yılmaz, with 24,847 people in 2022, 5.9 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