Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 66

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Yozgat

The most common surname in Yozgat is Şahin (7,409 people, 2025). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Yozgat. Yılmaz is second with 6,654. Şahin has led Yozgat every year since 2018.1

First place
Şahin
People
7,4091
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
17.92
Şahin
Population
413,2082
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Yozgat, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Şahin 7,409 17.9 6
02 Yılmaz 6,654 16.1 1
03 Arslan 5,292 12.8 11
04 Doğan 4,792 11.6 12
05 Kaya 3,653 8.8 2
06 Yıldırım 3,604 8.7 7
07 Kılıç 3,413 8.3 13
08 Yıldız 3,287 8.0 5
09 Öztürk 3,150 7.6 8
10 Demir 3,110 7.5 3
11 Özdemir 2,981 7.2 10
12 Çelik 2,843 6.9 4
13 Ünal 2,772 6.7 –
14 Çetin 2,507 6.1 15
15 Şimşek 2,395 5.8 20
16 Koçak 2,307 5.6 –
17 Bulut 2,269 5.5 –
18 Aslan 2,211 5.4 14
19 Erdoğan 2,072 5.0 26
20 Ceylan 2,011 4.9 –
21 Koç 1,929 4.7 18
22 Karaca 1,896 4.6 –
23 Bolat 1,872 4.5 –
24 Yüksel 1,833 4.4 –
25 Aydın 1,808 4.4 9
26 Yiğit 1,797 4.3 –
27 Açıkgöz 1,688 4.1 –
28 Özer 1,556 3.8 –
29 Erol 1,485 3.6 –
30 Aksoy 1,447 3.5 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Yozgat’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 413,208 in 2025, about 17.9 in every 1,000 people in Yozgat are called Şahin. The 30 listed surnames together cover 86,043 people, 20.8% of the population.1,2

Yozgat lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.8% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 415 k 420 k 425 k 20182019202020212022202320242025 424,981 421,200 419,095 418,500 418,442 420,699 413,161 413,208 TÜİK · ADNKS 415 k 420 k 425 k ’18’20’22’24’25 424,981 421,200 419,095 418,500 418,442 420,699 413,161 413,208
Population of Yozgat, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AmasyaAmasya: also Şahin, with 5,011 people in 2025, 68% of the figure in Yozgat.
  • ÇorumÇorum: also Şahin, with 7,613 people in 2025, almost exactly as many as in Yozgat.
  • KayseriKayseri: Yılmaz leads (19,616 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 18,368.
  • KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,896 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 2,774.
  • KırşehirKırşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,505 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 4,395.
  • NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,774 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 3,860.
  • SivasSivas: Yılmaz leads (11,172 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 4th there with 9,924.
  • TokatTokat: Yılmaz leads (13,469 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 11,937.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Yozgat’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Şahin 7,837Yılmaz 6,967Arslan 5,551
2019 Şahin 7,752Yılmaz 6,959Arslan 5,528
2020 Şahin 7,751Yılmaz 6,910Arslan 5,466
2021 Şahin 7,566Yılmaz 6,889Arslan 5,411
2022 Şahin 7,518Yılmaz 6,859Arslan 5,400
2023 Şahin 7,547Yılmaz 6,896Arslan 5,454
2024 Şahin 7,438Yılmaz 6,730Arslan 5,329
2025 Şahin 7,409Yılmaz 6,654Arslan 5,292

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries