Province·Central Anatolia Region·Code 66
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Yozgat 2024
The most common surname in Yozgat is Şahin (7,438 people, 2024). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Yozgat. Yılmaz is second with 6,730. Şahin has led Yozgat every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Yozgat, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 7,438 | 18.0 | 6 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 6,730 | 16.3 | 1 |
| 03 | Arslan | 5,329 | 12.9 | 11 |
| 04 | Doğan | 4,816 | 11.7 | 12 |
| 05 | Kaya | 3,716 | 9.0 | 2 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 3,559 | 8.6 | 7 |
| 07 | Kılıç | 3,456 | 8.4 | 13 |
| 08 | Yıldız | 3,325 | 8.0 | 5 |
| 09 | Öztürk | 3,159 | 7.6 | 8 |
| 10 | Demir | 3,141 | 7.6 | 3 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 2,967 | 7.2 | 10 |
| 12 | Çelik | 2,820 | 6.8 | 4 |
| 13 | Ünal | 2,794 | 6.8 | – |
| 14 | Çetin | 2,470 | 6.0 | 15 |
| 15 | Şimşek | 2,384 | 5.8 | 20 |
| 16 | Bulut | 2,312 | 5.6 | – |
| 17 | Koçak | 2,287 | 5.5 | – |
| 18 | Aslan | 2,167 | 5.2 | 14 |
| 19 | Erdoğan | 2,062 | 5.0 | 26 |
| 20 | Ceylan | 2,003 | 4.8 | – |
| 21 | Karaca | 1,948 | 4.7 | – |
| 22 | Koç | 1,919 | 4.6 | 18 |
| 23 | Bolat | 1,849 | 4.5 | – |
| 24 | Yiğit | 1,825 | 4.4 | – |
| 25 | Yüksel | 1,820 | 4.4 | – |
| 26 | Aydın | 1,802 | 4.4 | 9 |
| 27 | Açıkgöz | 1,688 | 4.1 | – |
| 28 | Özer | 1,523 | 3.7 | – |
| 29 | Erol | 1,514 | 3.7 | – |
| 30 | Aksoy | 1,477 | 3.6 | – |
How do these counts compare with Yozgat’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 413,161 in 2024, about 18.0 in every 1,000 people in Yozgat are called Şahin. The 30 listed surnames together cover 86,300 people, 20.9% of the population.1,2
Yozgat lies in the Central Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.8% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 424,981 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 421,200 |
| 2020 | 419,095 |
| 2021 | 418,500 |
| 2022 | 418,442 |
| 2023 | 420,699 |
| 2024 | 413,161 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AmasyaAmasya: also Şahin, with 4,959 people in 2024, 67% of the figure in Yozgat.
- ÇorumÇorum: also Şahin, with 7,689 people in 2024, almost exactly as many as in Yozgat.
- KayseriKayseri: Yılmaz leads (19,508 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 18,246.
- KırıkkaleKırıkkale: Yılmaz leads (2,899 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 2,797.
- KırşehirKırşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,504 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 4,410.
- NevşehirNevşehir: Yılmaz leads (4,685 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 3,848.
- SivasSivas: Yılmaz leads (11,300 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 4th there with 10,060.
- TokatTokat: Yılmaz leads (13,356 people); Şahin, first in Yozgat, ranks 2nd there with 11,820.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Yozgat’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Şahin 7,837 | Yılmaz 6,967 | Arslan 5,551 |
| 2019 | Şahin 7,752 | Yılmaz 6,959 | Arslan 5,528 |
| 2020 | Şahin 7,751 | Yılmaz 6,910 | Arslan 5,466 |
| 2021 | Şahin 7,566 | Yılmaz 6,889 | Arslan 5,411 |
| 2022 | Şahin 7,518 | Yılmaz 6,859 | Arslan 5,400 |
| 2023 | Şahin 7,547 | Yılmaz 6,896 | Arslan 5,454 |
| 2024 | Şahin 7,438 | Yılmaz 6,730 | Arslan 5,329 |
| 2025 | Şahin 7,409 | Yılmaz 6,654 | Arslan 5,292 |
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