Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 58
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Sivas
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sivas is Yılmaz: 11,172 people in 2025. It is a close race: Yıldırım in second place is only 460 people behind. Yılmaz has led Sivas every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Sivas, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 11,172 | 17.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldırım | 10,712 | 17.0 | 7 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 10,085 | 16.0 | 5 |
| 04 | Şahin | 9,924 | 15.7 | 6 |
| 05 | Kaya | 9,062 | 14.4 | 2 |
| 06 | Doğan | 7,808 | 12.4 | 12 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 6,739 | 10.7 | 8 |
| 08 | Arslan | 6,732 | 10.7 | 11 |
| 09 | Polat | 6,004 | 9.5 | 19 |
| 10 | Demir | 5,849 | 9.3 | 3 |
| 11 | Kılıç | 5,730 | 9.1 | 13 |
| 12 | Koç | 5,603 | 8.9 | 18 |
| 13 | Aydın | 4,653 | 7.4 | 9 |
| 14 | Özdemir | 4,623 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 4,422 | 7.0 | 20 |
| 16 | Çelik | 4,214 | 6.7 | 4 |
| 17 | Aslan | 3,193 | 5.1 | 14 |
| 18 | Bulut | 3,032 | 4.8 | – |
| 19 | Erdoğan | 3,007 | 4.8 | 26 |
| 20 | Aktaş | 2,932 | 4.6 | 30 |
| 21 | Çınar | 2,653 | 4.2 | – |
| 22 | Ateş | 2,495 | 4.0 | – |
| 23 | Kurt | 2,361 | 3.7 | 17 |
| 24 | Işık | 2,311 | 3.7 | – |
| 25 | Karataş | 2,254 | 3.6 | – |
| 26 | Çetin | 2,237 | 3.5 | 15 |
| 27 | Özkan | 2,200 | 3.5 | 22 |
| 28 | Çakmak | 2,197 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Korkmaz | 2,184 | 3.5 | 21 |
| 30 | Duman | 2,127 | 3.4 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sivas’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 631,401 in 2025, about 17.7 in every 1,000 people in Sivas are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 148,515 people, 23.5% of the population.1,2
Sivas lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.4% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 646,608 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 638,956 |
| 2020 | 635,889 |
| 2021 | 636,121 |
| 2022 | 634,924 |
| 2023 | 650,401 |
| 2024 | 637,007 |
| 2025 | 631,401 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,714 people in 2025, 33% of the figure in Sivas.
- GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,598 people in 2025, 1.1 times as many as in Sivas.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,767 people); Yılmaz, first in Sivas, ranks 4th there with 10,349.
- KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 19,616 people in 2025, 1.8 times as many as in Sivas.
- MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (9,891 people); Yılmaz, first in Sivas, ranks 4th there with 8,452.
- OrduOrdu: also Yılmaz, with 15,948 people in 2025, 1.4 times as many as in Sivas.
- TokatTokat: also Yılmaz, with 13,469 people in 2025, 1.2 times as many as in Sivas.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,409 people); Yılmaz, first in Sivas, ranks 2nd there with 6,654.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Sivas’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 11,458 | Yıldırım 10,777 | Şahin 10,260 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 11,329 | Yıldırım 10,733 | Yıldız 10,195 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 11,320 | Yıldırım 10,758 | Şahin 10,154 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 11,316 | Yıldırım 10,778 | Şahin 10,109 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 11,315 | Yıldırım 10,684 | Şahin 10,142 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 11,466 | Yıldırım 10,959 | Şahin 10,418 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 11,300 | Yıldırım 10,807 | Yıldız 10,135 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 11,172 | Yıldırım 10,712 | Yıldız 10,085 |
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