Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 66

TÜİK · ADNKS 2021

The most common surnames in Yozgat 2021

The most common surname in Yozgat is Şahin (7,566 people, 2021). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Yozgat. Yılmaz is second with 6,889. Şahin has led Yozgat every year since 2018.1

First place
Şahin
People
7,5661
ADNKS 2021
Per 1,000
18.12
Şahin
Population
418,5002
ADNKS 2021
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Yozgat, 2021

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Şahin 7,566 18.1 6
02 Yılmaz 6,889 16.5 1
03 Arslan 5,411 12.9 11
04 Doğan 4,834 11.6 12
05 Kaya 3,719 8.9 2
06 Yıldırım 3,577 8.5 7
07 Kılıç 3,407 8.1 13
08 Yıldız 3,288 7.9 5
09 Öztürk 3,279 7.8 8
10 Demir 3,235 7.7 3
11 Özdemir 2,960 7.1 10
12 Ünal 2,856 6.8 –
13 Çelik 2,809 6.7 4
14 Çetin 2,501 6.0 15
15 Bulut 2,412 5.8 –
16 Şimşek 2,410 5.8 20
17 Koçak 2,330 5.6 –
18 Aslan 2,118 5.1 14
19 Ceylan 2,069 4.9 –
20 Erdoğan 2,068 4.9 26
21 Koç 1,943 4.6 18
22 Karaca 1,921 4.6 –
23 Yiğit 1,852 4.4 –
24 Yüksel 1,804 4.3 –
25 Bolat 1,800 4.3 –
26 Aydın 1,793 4.3 9
27 Açıkgöz 1,686 4.0 –
28 Erol 1,582 3.8 –
29 Özer 1,490 3.6 –
30 Aksoy 1,489 3.6 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2021, 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 418,500 in 2021, about 18.1 in every 1,000 people in Yozgat are called Şahin. The 30 listed surnames together cover 87,098 people, 20.8% of the population.1,2

Yozgat lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 1.5% between 2018 and 2021.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 418 k 420 k 423 k 425 k 2018201920202021 424,981 421,200 419,095 418,500 TÜİK · ADNKS 418 k 420 k 423 k 425 k ’18’20’21 424,981 421,200 419,095 418,500
Population of Yozgat, 2018–2021 Vertical axis does not start at zero.
Population of Yozgat, 2018–2021
2018424,981
2019421,200
2020419,095
2021418,500

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AmasyaAmasya: also Şahin, with 4,828 people in 2021, 64% of the figure in Yozgat.
  • ÇorumÇorum: also Şahin, with 7,800 people in 2021, almost exactly as many as in Yozgat.
  • KayseriKayseri: Yılmaz leads (19,117 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 17,992.
  • KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,813 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 2,705.
  • KırşehirKırşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,410 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 4,408.
  • NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,560 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 3,759.
  • SivasSivas: Yılmaz leads (11,316 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 3rd there with 10,109.
  • TokatTokat: Yılmaz leads (13,141 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 11,647.

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