Province·Black Sea Region·Code 57
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Sinop 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sinop is Yılmaz: 4,267 people in 2023. Öztürk is second with 3,860. Yılmaz has led Sinop every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Sinop in 2023?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,267 | 18.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 3,860 | 16.8 | 8 |
| 03 | Özdemir | 3,744 | 16.3 | 10 |
| 04 | Özcan | 3,083 | 13.4 | 25 |
| 05 | Kaya | 2,762 | 12.0 | 2 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,337 | 10.2 | 3 |
| 07 | Aydın | 2,257 | 9.8 | 9 |
| 08 | Yıldırım | 2,129 | 9.3 | 7 |
| 09 | Şahin | 2,128 | 9.3 | 6 |
| 10 | Çelik | 2,060 | 9.0 | 4 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 1,684 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 12 | Çetinkaya | 1,535 | 6.7 | – |
| 13 | Can | 1,530 | 6.7 | 27 |
| 14 | Baş | 1,500 | 6.5 | – |
| 15 | Ünal | 1,429 | 6.2 | – |
| 16 | Sönmez | 1,347 | 5.9 | – |
| 17 | Arslan | 1,293 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 18 | Kara | 1,243 | 5.4 | 16 |
| 19 | Demircan | 1,168 | 5.1 | – |
| 20 | Aslan | 1,138 | 5.0 | 14 |
| 21 | Kurt | 1,035 | 4.5 | 17 |
| 22 | Yalçın | 1,028 | 4.5 | – |
| 23 | Gül | 998 | 4.3 | – |
| 24 | Çetin | 995 | 4.3 | 15 |
| 25 | Yüksel | 964 | 4.2 | – |
| 26 | Şentürk | 960 | 4.2 | – |
| 27 | Çakır | 956 | 4.2 | 24 |
| 28 | Bozkurt | 939 | 4.1 | – |
| 29 | Koca | 922 | 4.0 | – |
| 30 | Şen | 886 | 3.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sinop’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 229,716 in 2023, about 18.6 in every 1,000 people in Sinop are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 52,177 people, 22.7% of the population.1,2
Sinop lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 4.5% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 219,733 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 218,243 |
| 2020 | 216,460 |
| 2021 | 218,408 |
| 2022 | 220,799 |
| 2023 | 229,716 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Çorum | Şahin7,802 | Yılmaz5,881 | Kaya5,163 |
| Kastamonu | Yılmaz7,117 | Demir4,050 | Çelik3,509 |
| Samsun | Yılmaz25,182 | Şahin18,616 | Kaya16,563 |
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,802 people); Yılmaz, first in Sinop, ranks 2nd there with 5,881.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 7,117 people in 2023, 1.7 times as many as in Sinop.
- SamsunSamsun: also Yılmaz, with 25,182 people in 2023, 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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Black Sea Region?
Adding the published 2023 lists of the 18 provinces in the same region as Sinop puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 157,388 | 18 |
| Şahin | 90,554 | 16 |
| Öztürk | 84,332 | 18 |
| Aydın | 84,124 | 18 |
| Demir | 75,889 | 18 |
| Kaya | 74,192 | 18 |
| Arslan | 59,910 | 16 |
| Çelik | 59,656 | 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 Sinop between 2022 and 2023?
In Sinop’s top 30 list between 2022 and 2023, no new surname entered; 5 moved up, 7 moved down and 18 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2022 | 2023 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +76 |
| Öztürk | 2 | 2 | +61 |
| Özdemir | 3 | 3 | +147 |
| Özcan | 4 | 4 | +142 |
| Kaya | 5 | 5 | +193 |
| Demir | 6 | 6 | +135 |
| Aydın | 7 | 7 | +90 |
| Yıldırım | 8 | 8 | +112 |
| Şahin | 9 | 9 | +118 |
| Çelik | 10 | 10 | +59 |
| Yıldız | 11 | 11 | +77 |
| Çetinkaya | 12 | 12 | +32 |
| Can | 13 | 13 | +50 |
| Baş | 14 | 14 | +72 |
| Ünal | 15 | 15 | +14 |
| Sönmez | 17 | 16 | +121 |
| Arslan | 16 | 17 | +60 |
| Kara | 18 | 18 | +60 |
| Demircan | 20 | 19 | +66 |
| Aslan | 19 | 20 | +24 |
| Kurt | 23 | 21 | +71 |
| Yalçın | 21 | 22 | +6 |
| Gül | 22 | 23 | +31 |
| Çetin | 25 | 24 | +55 |
| Yüksel | 29 | 25 | +77 |
| Şentürk | 24 | 26 | ±0 |
| Çakır | 27 | 27 | +33 |
| Bozkurt | 26 | 28 | +13 |
| Koca | 28 | 29 | +29 |
| Şen | 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