Province·Black Sea Region·Code 61
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Trabzon 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Trabzon is Yılmaz: 18,406 people in 2018. Aydın is second with 12,863. Yılmaz has led Trabzon every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Trabzon, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 18,406 | 22.8 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 12,863 | 15.9 | 9 |
| 03 | Öztürk | 11,816 | 14.6 | 8 |
| 04 | Şahin | 10,927 | 13.5 | 6 |
| 05 | Uzun | 6,218 | 7.7 | – |
| 06 | Yıldız | 5,850 | 7.2 | 5 |
| 07 | Demir | 5,667 | 7.0 | 3 |
| 08 | Kurt | 5,368 | 6.6 | 17 |
| 09 | Yıldırım | 5,079 | 6.3 | 7 |
| 10 | Çelik | 4,953 | 6.1 | 4 |
| 11 | Kara | 4,932 | 6.1 | 16 |
| 12 | Yazıcı | 4,927 | 6.1 | – |
| 13 | Kaya | 4,905 | 6.1 | 2 |
| 14= | Çolak | 4,872 | 6.0 | – |
| 14= | Yavuz | 4,872 | 6.0 | 25 |
| 15 | Çakır | 4,859 | 6.0 | 23 |
| 16 | Bayraktar | 4,840 | 6.0 | – |
| 17 | Koç | 4,633 | 5.7 | 18 |
| 18 | Birinci | 4,594 | 5.7 | – |
| 19 | Küçük | 4,324 | 5.4 | – |
| 20 | Turan | 4,192 | 5.2 | – |
| 21 | Köse | 4,096 | 5.1 | – |
| 22 | Sağlam | 4,049 | 5.0 | – |
| 23 | Bulut | 3,835 | 4.7 | – |
| 24 | Özdemir | 3,768 | 4.7 | 10 |
| 25 | Usta | 3,764 | 4.7 | – |
| 26 | Bektaş | 3,645 | 4.5 | – |
| 27 | Kılıç | 3,642 | 4.5 | 13 |
| 28 | Arslan | 3,638 | 4.5 | 11 |
| 29 | Bayram | 3,633 | 4.5 | – |
| 30 | Keleş | 3,560 | 4.4 | – |
How do these counts compare with Trabzon’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 807,903 in 2018, about 22.8 in every 1,000 people in Trabzon are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 176,727 people, 21.9% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BayburtBayburt: Bayram leads (871 people); Yılmaz, first in Trabzon, ranks 2nd there with 785.
- GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,402 people in 2018, 67% of the figure in Trabzon.
- GümüşhaneGümüşhane: also Yılmaz, with 3,520 people in 2018, 19% of the figure in Trabzon.
- RizeRize: also Yılmaz, with 8,870 people in 2018, 48% of the figure in Trabzon.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Trabzon’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 18,406 | Aydın 12,863 | Öztürk 11,816 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 18,409 | Aydın 12,746 | Öztürk 11,825 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 18,527 | Aydın 12,816 | Öztürk 11,937 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 18,580 | Aydın 12,746 | Öztürk 11,813 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 18,603 | Aydın 12,734 | Öztürk 11,880 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 18,771 | Aydın 12,974 | Öztürk 12,053 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 18,762 | Aydın 12,890 | Öztürk 11,960 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 18,792 | Aydın 12,877 | Öztürk 11,900 |
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