Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 58
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Sivas 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Sivas is Yılmaz: 11,466 people in 2023. It is a close race: Yıldırım in second place is only 507 people behind. Yılmaz has led Sivas every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 321
The 30 most common surnames in Sivas, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 11,466 | 17.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldırım | 10,959 | 16.8 | 7 |
| 03 | Şahin | 10,418 | 16.0 | 6 |
| 04 | Yıldız | 10,290 | 15.8 | 5 |
| 05 | Kaya | 9,494 | 14.6 | 2 |
| 06 | Doğan | 8,049 | 12.4 | 12 |
| 07 | Arslan | 7,021 | 10.8 | 11 |
| 08 | Öztürk | 6,967 | 10.7 | 8 |
| 09 | Polat | 6,170 | 9.5 | 19 |
| 10 | Demir | 6,152 | 9.5 | 3 |
| 11 | Kılıç | 5,936 | 9.1 | 13 |
| 12 | Koç | 5,755 | 8.8 | 18 |
| 13 | Aydın | 4,752 | 7.3 | 9 |
| 14 | Özdemir | 4,741 | 7.3 | 10 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 4,574 | 7.0 | 20 |
| 16 | Çelik | 4,369 | 6.7 | 4 |
| 17 | Aslan | 3,428 | 5.3 | 14 |
| 18 | Erdoğan | 3,147 | 4.8 | 26 |
| 19 | Bulut | 3,141 | 4.8 | – |
| 20 | Aktaş | 2,935 | 4.5 | 30 |
| 21 | Çınar | 2,713 | 4.2 | – |
| 22 | Ateş | 2,548 | 3.9 | – |
| 23 | Kurt | 2,419 | 3.7 | 17 |
| 24= | Çakmak | 2,289 | 3.5 | – |
| 24= | Çetin | 2,289 | 3.5 | 15 |
| 24= | Işık | 2,289 | 3.5 | – |
| 25 | Özkan | 2,256 | 3.5 | 22 |
| 26 | Karataş | 2,250 | 3.5 | – |
| 27 | Korkmaz | 2,232 | 3.4 | 21 |
| 28 | Duman | 2,186 | 3.4 | – |
| 29 | Köse | 2,119 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Karabulut | 2,104 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Sivas’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 650,401 in 2023, about 17.6 in every 1,000 people in Sivas are called Yılmaz. The 32 listed surnames together cover 157,458 people, 24.2% of the population.1,2
Sivas lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.6% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 646,608 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 638,956 |
| 2020 | 635,889 |
| 2021 | 636,121 |
| 2022 | 634,924 |
| 2023 | 650,401 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ErzincanErzincan: also Yılmaz, with 3,863 people in 2023, 34% of the figure in Sivas.
- GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,720 people in 2023, 1.1 times as many as in Sivas.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,290 people); Yılmaz, first in Sivas, ranks 4th there with 10,039.
- KayseriKayseri: also Yılmaz, with 19,289 people in 2023, 1.7 times as many as in Sivas.
- MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (9,813 people); Yılmaz, first in Sivas, ranks 4th there with 8,400.
- OrduOrdu: also Yılmaz, with 16,345 people in 2023, 1.4 times as many as in Sivas.
- TokatTokat: also Yılmaz, with 13,267 people in 2023, 1.2 times as many as in Sivas.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,547 people); Yılmaz, first in Sivas, ranks 2nd there with 6,896.
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