Province·Black Sea Region·Code 67
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Zonguldak
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Zonguldak is Yılmaz: 9,732 people in 2025. Aydın is second with 6,363. Yılmaz has led Zonguldak every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Zonguldak, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 9,732 | 16.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 6,363 | 10.9 | 9 |
| 03 | Öztürk | 5,768 | 9.9 | 8 |
| 04 | Arslan | 5,484 | 9.4 | 11 |
| 05 | Demir | 5,395 | 9.2 | 3 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 4,360 | 7.5 | 10 |
| 07 | Kaya | 3,880 | 6.6 | 2 |
| 08 | Kara | 3,629 | 6.2 | 16 |
| 09 | Çelik | 3,522 | 6.0 | 4 |
| 10 | Acar | 3,185 | 5.4 | 28 |
| 11 | Demirci | 3,122 | 5.3 | – |
| 12 | Çetin | 2,937 | 5.0 | 15 |
| 13 | Yıldırım | 2,932 | 5.0 | 7 |
| 14 | Şen | 2,898 | 5.0 | – |
| 15= | Şahin | 2,748 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 15= | Yıldız | 2,748 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 16 | Yavuz | 2,671 | 4.6 | 23 |
| 17 | Erdoğan | 2,621 | 4.5 | 26 |
| 18 | Sarı | 2,532 | 4.3 | – |
| 19 | Uzun | 2,422 | 4.1 | – |
| 20 | Kılıç | 2,335 | 4.0 | 13 |
| 21 | Korkmaz | 2,315 | 4.0 | 21 |
| 22 | Özcan | 2,307 | 3.9 | 25 |
| 23 | Keskin | 2,293 | 3.9 | – |
| 24 | Bozkurt | 2,230 | 3.8 | – |
| 25 | Yaman | 2,189 | 3.7 | – |
| 26 | Çakır | 2,163 | 3.7 | 24 |
| 27 | Doğan | 2,033 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 28 | Turan | 1,904 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Kurt | 1,864 | 3.2 | 17 |
| 30 | Yalçın | 1,825 | 3.1 | – |
How do these counts compare with Zonguldak’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 585,203 in 2025, about 16.6 in every 1,000 people in Zonguldak are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 102,407 people, 17.5% of the population.1,2
Zonguldak lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.4% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 599,698 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 596,053 |
| 2020 | 591,204 |
| 2021 | 589,684 |
| 2022 | 588,510 |
| 2023 | 591,492 |
| 2024 | 586,802 |
| 2025 | 585,203 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BartınBartın: also Yılmaz, with 3,051 people in 2025, 31% of the figure in Zonguldak.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,106 people in 2025, 63% of the figure in Zonguldak.
- DüzceDüzce: also Yılmaz, with 8,034 people in 2025, 83% of the figure in Zonguldak.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 4,892 people in 2025, 50% of the figure in Zonguldak.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Zonguldak’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 9,981 | Aydın 6,522 | Öztürk 5,989 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 9,924 | Aydın 6,514 | Öztürk 5,979 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 9,875 | Aydın 6,427 | Öztürk 5,929 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 9,901 | Aydın 6,396 | Öztürk 5,918 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 9,810 | Aydın 6,358 | Öztürk 5,845 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 9,874 | Aydın 6,403 | Öztürk 5,824 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 9,736 | Aydın 6,340 | Öztürk 5,783 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 9,732 | Aydın 6,363 | Öztürk 5,768 |
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