Province·Black Sea Region·Code 57
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Sinop 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sinop is Yılmaz: 4,233 people in 2024. Öztürk is second with 3,802. Yılmaz has led Sinop every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Sinop, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 4,233 | 18.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Öztürk | 3,802 | 16.8 | 8 |
| 03 | Özdemir | 3,697 | 16.3 | 10 |
| 04 | Özcan | 2,999 | 13.2 | 25 |
| 05 | Kaya | 2,676 | 11.8 | 2 |
| 06 | Demir | 2,285 | 10.1 | 3 |
| 07 | Aydın | 2,219 | 9.8 | 9 |
| 08 | Yıldırım | 2,060 | 9.1 | 7 |
| 09 | Çelik | 2,058 | 9.1 | 4 |
| 10 | Şahin | 2,048 | 9.0 | 6 |
| 11 | Yıldız | 1,667 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 12 | Çetinkaya | 1,570 | 6.9 | – |
| 13 | Can | 1,493 | 6.6 | 27 |
| 14 | Baş | 1,489 | 6.6 | – |
| 15 | Ünal | 1,433 | 6.3 | – |
| 16 | Sönmez | 1,323 | 5.8 | – |
| 17 | Arslan | 1,270 | 5.6 | 11 |
| 18 | Kara | 1,216 | 5.4 | 16 |
| 19 | Aslan | 1,122 | 4.9 | 14 |
| 20 | Demircan | 1,118 | 4.9 | – |
| 21 | Kurt | 1,022 | 4.5 | 17 |
| 22 | Yalçın | 1,014 | 4.5 | – |
| 23 | Gül | 977 | 4.3 | – |
| 24 | Çakır | 969 | 4.3 | 24 |
| 25 | Çetin | 965 | 4.3 | 15 |
| 26 | Yüksel | 956 | 4.2 | – |
| 27 | Şentürk | 933 | 4.1 | – |
| 28 | Koca | 925 | 4.1 | – |
| 29 | Bozkurt | 923 | 4.1 | – |
| 30 | Yaman | 859 | 3.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sinop’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 226,957 in 2024, about 18.7 in every 1,000 people in Sinop are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 51,321 people, 22.6% of the population.1,2
Sinop lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.3% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 219,733 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 218,243 |
| 2020 | 216,460 |
| 2021 | 218,408 |
| 2022 | 220,799 |
| 2023 | 229,716 |
| 2024 | 226,957 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ÇorumÇorum: Şahin leads (7,689 people); Yılmaz, first in Sinop, ranks 2nd there with 5,810.
- KastamonuKastamonu: also Yılmaz, with 6,950 people in 2024, 1.6 times as many as in Sinop.
- SamsunSamsun: also Yılmaz, with 25,237 people in 2024, 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