Province·Black Sea Region·Code 61
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Trabzon 2022
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Trabzon is Yılmaz: 18,603 people in 2022. Aydın is second with 12,734. Yılmaz has led Trabzon every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Trabzon, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 18,603 | 22.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 12,734 | 15.6 | 9 |
| 03 | Öztürk | 11,880 | 14.5 | 8 |
| 04 | Şahin | 11,018 | 13.5 | 6 |
| 05 | Uzun | 6,293 | 7.7 | – |
| 06 | Yıldız | 5,976 | 7.3 | 5 |
| 07 | Demir | 5,846 | 7.1 | 3 |
| 08 | Kurt | 5,394 | 6.6 | 17 |
| 09 | Yıldırım | 5,076 | 6.2 | 7 |
| 10 | Çelik | 5,022 | 6.1 | 4 |
| 11 | Yavuz | 4,987 | 6.1 | 23 |
| 12 | Çolak | 4,963 | 6.1 | – |
| 13 | Yazıcı | 4,926 | 6.0 | – |
| 14 | Kara | 4,899 | 6.0 | 16 |
| 15 | Kaya | 4,890 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 16 | Bayraktar | 4,884 | 6.0 | – |
| 17 | Çakır | 4,866 | 5.9 | 24 |
| 18 | Koç | 4,795 | 5.9 | 18 |
| 19 | Birinci | 4,679 | 5.7 | – |
| 20 | Küçük | 4,397 | 5.4 | – |
| 21 | Turan | 4,107 | 5.0 | – |
| 22 | Sağlam | 4,100 | 5.0 | – |
| 23 | Köse | 4,098 | 5.0 | – |
| 24 | Bulut | 3,882 | 4.7 | – |
| 25 | Özdemir | 3,771 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 26 | Usta | 3,753 | 4.6 | – |
| 27 | Arslan | 3,682 | 4.5 | 11 |
| 28 | Bektaş | 3,660 | 4.5 | – |
| 29 | Keleş | 3,636 | 4.4 | – |
| 30 | Kılıç | 3,635 | 4.4 | 13 |
How do these counts compare with Trabzon’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 818,023 in 2022, about 22.7 in every 1,000 people in Trabzon are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 174,452 people, 21.3% of the population.1,2
Trabzon lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.3% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 807,903 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 808,974 |
| 2020 | 811,901 |
| 2021 | 816,684 |
| 2022 | 818,023 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BayburtBayburt: also Yılmaz, with 872 people in 2022, 5% of the figure in Trabzon.
- GiresunGiresun: also Yılmaz, with 12,618 people in 2022, 68% of the figure in Trabzon.
- GümüşhaneGümüşhane: also Yılmaz, with 3,095 people in 2022, 17% of the figure in Trabzon.
- RizeRize: also Yılmaz, with 8,719 people in 2022, 47% 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