Province·Aegean Region·Code 64
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Uşak 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Uşak is Yılmaz: 5,748 people in 2024. Kaya is second with 4,713. Yılmaz has led Uşak every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Uşak in 2024?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 5,748 | 15.3 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 4,713 | 12.6 | 2 |
| 03 | Yıldırım | 4,338 | 11.6 | 7 |
| 04 | Özdemir | 4,048 | 10.8 | 10 |
| 05 | Demir | 3,716 | 9.9 | 3 |
| 06 | Çelik | 3,171 | 8.4 | 4 |
| 07 | Öztürk | 2,986 | 8.0 | 8 |
| 08 | Aydın | 2,963 | 7.9 | 9 |
| 09 | Çetin | 2,815 | 7.5 | 15 |
| 10 | Yıldız | 2,684 | 7.2 | 5 |
| 11 | Şahin | 2,595 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 12 | Arslan | 2,426 | 6.5 | 11 |
| 13 | Acar | 2,116 | 5.6 | 28 |
| 14 | Gündüz | 2,047 | 5.5 | – |
| 15 | Erdoğan | 1,985 | 5.3 | 26 |
| 16 | Doğan | 1,969 | 5.2 | 12 |
| 17 | Özkan | 1,882 | 5.0 | 22 |
| 18 | Kara | 1,815 | 4.8 | 16 |
| 19 | Ünal | 1,748 | 4.7 | – |
| 20 | Tekin | 1,725 | 4.6 | – |
| 21 | Coşkun | 1,582 | 4.2 | – |
| 22 | Yüksel | 1,551 | 4.1 | – |
| 23 | Işık | 1,490 | 4.0 | – |
| 24 | Kılınç | 1,479 | 3.9 | – |
| 25 | Türkmen | 1,435 | 3.8 | – |
| 26 | Kahraman | 1,422 | 3.8 | – |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 1,420 | 3.8 | – |
| 28 | Güngör | 1,401 | 3.7 | – |
| 29 | Vural | 1,371 | 3.7 | – |
| 30 | Aslan | 1,333 | 3.6 | 14 |
How do these counts compare with Uşak’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 375,310 in 2024, about 15.3 in every 1,000 people in Uşak are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 71,974 people, 19.2% of the population.1,2
Uşak lies in the Aegean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.1% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 367,514 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 370,509 |
| 2020 | 369,433 |
| 2021 | 373,183 |
| 2022 | 375,454 |
| 2023 | 377,001 |
| 2024 | 375,310 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afyonkarahisar | Yılmaz10,025 | Çelik8,870 | Yıldırım7,130 |
| Denizli | Yılmaz12,641 | Yıldırım8,286 | Kaya7,598 |
| Kütahya | Yılmaz6,280 | Demir5,262 | Öztürk5,081 |
| Manisa | Yılmaz19,039 | Kaya14,555 | Demir12,859 |
- AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar: also Yılmaz, with 10,025 people in 2024, 1.7 times as many as in Uşak.
- DenizliDenizli: also Yılmaz, with 12,641 people in 2024, 2.2 times as many as in Uşak.
- KütahyaKütahya: also Yılmaz, with 6,280 people in 2024, 1.1 times as many as in Uşak.
- ManisaManisa: also Yılmaz, with 19,039 people in 2024, 3.3 times as many as in Uşak.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Uşak’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 5,578 | Kaya 4,503 | Yıldırım 4,239 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 5,612 | Kaya 4,566 | Yıldırım 4,249 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 5,632 | Kaya 4,578 | Yıldırım 4,234 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 5,665 | Kaya 4,640 | Yıldırım 4,302 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 5,701 | Kaya 4,698 | Yıldırım 4,328 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 5,745 | Kaya 4,728 | Yıldırım 4,338 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 5,748 | Kaya 4,713 | Yıldırım 4,338 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Aegean Region?
Adding the published 2024 lists of the 8 provinces in the same region as Uşak puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 133,903 | 8 |
| Kaya | 97,685 | 8 |
| Demir | 90,862 | 8 |
| Çelik | 84,055 | 8 |
| Yıldırım | 81,250 | 8 |
| Yıldız | 73,163 | 8 |
| Öztürk | 71,101 | 8 |
| Özdemir | 70,389 | 8 |
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 Uşak between 2023 and 2024?
In Uşak’s top 30 list between 2023 and 2024, no new surname entered; 2 moved up, 2 moved down and 26 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2023 | 2024 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +3 |
| Kaya | 2 | 2 | −15 |
| Yıldırım | 3 | 3 | ±0 |
| Özdemir | 4 | 4 | −37 |
| Demir | 5 | 5 | −22 |
| Çelik | 6 | 6 | +3 |
| Öztürk | 7 | 7 | +15 |
| Aydın | 8 | 8 | −7 |
| Çetin | 9 | 9 | −9 |
| Yıldız | 10 | 10 | −12 |
| Şahin | 11 | 11 | +5 |
| Arslan | 12 | 12 | −13 |
| Acar | 13 | 13 | −9 |
| Gündüz | 14 | 14 | +37 |
| Erdoğan | 16 | 15 | −10 |
| Doğan | 15 | 16 | −30 |
| Özkan | 17 | 17 | −14 |
| Kara | 18 | 18 | −17 |
| Ünal | 19 | 19 | −1 |
| Tekin | 20 | 20 | −8 |
| Coşkun | 21 | 21 | +7 |
| Yüksel | 22 | 22 | −5 |
| Işık | 23 | 23 | +1 |
| Kılınç | 24 | 24 | −2 |
| Türkmen | 25 | 25 | −3 |
| Kahraman | 27 | 26 | +29 |
| Bozkurt | 26 | 27 | −10 |
| Güngör | 28 | 28 | +15 |
| Vural | 29 | 29 | −3 |
| Aslan | 30 | 30 | −19 |
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