Province·Black Sea Region·Code 60
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Tokat 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Tokat is Yılmaz: 12,911 people in 2022. Şahin is second with 11,227. Yılmaz has led Tokat every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
Which surnames are most common in Tokat in 2022?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 12,911 | 21.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Şahin | 11,227 | 18.8 | 6 |
| 03 | Demir | 7,878 | 13.2 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 7,453 | 12.5 | 2 |
| 05 | Arslan | 7,299 | 12.2 | 11 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 6,842 | 11.5 | 7 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 6,014 | 10.1 | 5 |
| 08 | Öztürk | 5,818 | 9.8 | 8 |
| 09 | Aydın | 4,911 | 8.2 | 9 |
| 10 | Çelik | 4,733 | 7.9 | 4 |
| 11 | Doğan | 4,481 | 7.5 | 12 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 4,303 | 7.2 | 10 |
| 13 | Kılıç | 3,807 | 6.4 | 13 |
| 14 | Polat | 3,505 | 5.9 | 19 |
| 15 | Korkmaz | 2,602 | 4.4 | 21 |
| 16 | Çetin | 2,572 | 4.3 | 15 |
| 17 | Koç | 2,517 | 4.2 | 18 |
| 18 | Bolat | 2,454 | 4.1 | – |
| 19= | Şimşek | 2,269 | 3.8 | 20 |
| 19= | Uzun | 2,269 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Gül | 2,255 | 3.8 | – |
| 21 | Uçar | 2,253 | 3.8 | – |
| 22 | Yalçın | 2,190 | 3.7 | – |
| 23 | Çoban | 2,178 | 3.7 | – |
| 24 | Özer | 2,151 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Karaca | 2,144 | 3.6 | – |
| 26 | Temiz | 2,139 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Güneş | 2,048 | 3.4 | 29 |
| 28 | Ateş | 1,942 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Ay | 1,832 | 3.1 | – |
| 30 | Güler | 1,733 | 2.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Tokat’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 596,454 in 2022, about 21.6 in every 1,000 people in Tokat are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 128,730 people, 21.6% of the population.1,2
Tokat lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.6% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 612,646 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 612,747 |
| 2020 | 597,861 |
| 2021 | 602,567 |
| 2022 | 596,454 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amasya | Şahin4,888 | Yılmaz4,070 | Demir3,638 |
| Ordu | Yılmaz15,937 | Şahin10,622 | Öztürk9,458 |
| Samsun | Yılmaz24,847 | Şahin18,310 | Kaya16,309 |
| Sivas | Yılmaz11,315 | Yıldırım10,684 | Şahin10,142 |
| Yozgat | Şahin7,518 | Yılmaz6,859 | Arslan5,400 |
- AmasyaAmasya: Şahin leads (4,888 people); Yılmaz, first in Tokat, ranks 2nd there with 4,070.
- OrduOrdu: also Yılmaz, with 15,937 people in 2022, 1.2 times as many as in Tokat.
- SamsunSamsun: also Yılmaz, with 24,847 people in 2022, 1.9 times as many as in Tokat.
- SivasSivas: also Yılmaz, with 11,315 people in 2022, 88% of the figure in Tokat.
- YozgatYozgat: Şahin leads (7,518 people); Yılmaz, first in Tokat, ranks 2nd there with 6,859.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Tokat’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 13,425 | Şahin 12,349 | Demir 8,323 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 13,410 | Şahin 12,308 | Demir 8,226 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 12,960 | Şahin 11,660 | Demir 7,925 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 13,141 | Şahin 11,647 | Demir 7,976 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 12,911 | Şahin 11,227 | Demir 7,878 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Black Sea Region?
Adding the published 2022 lists of the 18 provinces in the same region as Tokat puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 154,604 | 18 |
| Şahin | 88,628 | 16 |
| Öztürk | 83,165 | 18 |
| Aydın | 82,519 | 18 |
| Demir | 74,128 | 18 |
| Kaya | 72,936 | 18 |
| Arslan | 58,829 | 16 |
| Çelik | 58,738 | 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 Tokat between 2021 and 2022?
In Tokat’s top 31 list between 2021 and 2022, 1 surname entered and 1 left; 7 moved up, 3 moved down and 20 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2021 | 2022 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | −230 |
| Şahin | 2 | 2 | −420 |
| Demir | 3 | 3 | −98 |
| Kaya | 5 | 4 | +49 |
| Arslan | 4 | 5 | −170 |
| Yıldırım | 6 | 6 | +102 |
| Yıldız | 7 | 7 | −50 |
| Öztürk | 8 | 8 | −53 |
| Aydın | 9 | 9 | −144 |
| Çelik | 10 | 10 | +29 |
| Doğan | 11 | 11 | −56 |
| Özdemir | 12 | 12 | −30 |
| Kılıç | 13 | 13 | +43 |
| Polat | 14 | 14 | −115 |
| Korkmaz | 15 | 15 | −55 |
| Çetin | 16 | 16 | −1 |
| Koç | 17 | 17 | −52 |
| Bolat | 18 | 18 | −3 |
| Şimşek | 21 | 19 | −16 |
| Uzun | 20 | 19 | −41 |
| Gül | 20 | 20 | −55 |
| Uçar | 22 | 21 | +12 |
| Yalçın | 23 | 22 | +18 |
| Çoban | 19 | 23 | −154 |
| Özer | 24 | 24 | −6 |
| Karaca | 27 | 25 | +30 |
| Temiz | 26 | 26 | +23 |
| Güneş | 25 | 27 | −73 |
| Ateş | 28 | 28 | +3 |
| Ay | 30 | 29 | +19 |
| Güler | Entered | 30 | — |
| Kurt | 29 | Left | — |
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