Province·Black Sea Region·Code 67
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Zonguldak 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Zonguldak is Yılmaz: 9,874 people in 2023. Aydın is second with 6,403. Yılmaz has led Zonguldak every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Zonguldak in 2023?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 9,874 | 16.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Aydın | 6,403 | 10.8 | 9 |
| 03 | Öztürk | 5,824 | 9.8 | 8 |
| 04 | Arslan | 5,524 | 9.3 | 11 |
| 05 | Demir | 5,388 | 9.1 | 3 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 4,464 | 7.5 | 10 |
| 07 | Kaya | 3,891 | 6.6 | 2 |
| 08 | Kara | 3,675 | 6.2 | 16 |
| 09 | Çelik | 3,476 | 5.9 | 4 |
| 10 | Acar | 3,218 | 5.4 | 28 |
| 11 | Demirci | 3,185 | 5.4 | – |
| 12 | Çetin | 3,038 | 5.1 | 15 |
| 13 | Yıldırım | 2,971 | 5.0 | 7 |
| 14 | Şen | 2,958 | 5.0 | – |
| 15 | Şahin | 2,771 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 16 | Yıldız | 2,736 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 17 | Yavuz | 2,694 | 4.6 | 23 |
| 18 | Erdoğan | 2,619 | 4.4 | 26 |
| 19 | Sarı | 2,589 | 4.4 | – |
| 20 | Uzun | 2,446 | 4.1 | – |
| 21 | Kılıç | 2,359 | 4.0 | 13 |
| 22 | Özcan | 2,349 | 4.0 | 25 |
| 23 | Korkmaz | 2,321 | 3.9 | 21 |
| 24 | Keskin | 2,293 | 3.9 | – |
| 25 | Bozkurt | 2,227 | 3.8 | – |
| 26 | Yaman | 2,203 | 3.7 | – |
| 27 | Çakır | 2,184 | 3.7 | 24 |
| 28 | Doğan | 2,084 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 29 | Turan | 1,898 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Kurt | 1,892 | 3.2 | 17 |
How do these counts compare with Zonguldak’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 591,492 in 2023, about 16.7 in every 1,000 people in Zonguldak are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 101,554 people, 17.2% of the population.1,2
Zonguldak lies in the Black Sea Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 1.4% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 599,698 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 596,053 |
| 2020 | 591,204 |
| 2021 | 589,684 |
| 2022 | 588,510 |
| 2023 | 591,492 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartın | Yılmaz3,131 | Kaya2,372 | Özdemir1,914 |
| Bolu | Yılmaz6,053 | Öztürk4,282 | Özdemir3,684 |
| Düzce | Yılmaz7,896 | Şahin5,028 | Aydın4,626 |
| Karabük | Yılmaz5,050 | Özdemir2,872 | Kaya2,528 |
- BartınBartın: also Yılmaz, with 3,131 people in 2023, 32% of the figure in Zonguldak.
- BoluBolu: also Yılmaz, with 6,053 people in 2023, 61% of the figure in Zonguldak.
- DüzceDüzce: also Yılmaz, with 7,896 people in 2023, 80% of the figure in Zonguldak.
- KarabükKarabük: also Yılmaz, with 5,050 people in 2023, 51% 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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Black Sea Region?
Adding the published 2023 lists of the 18 provinces in the same region as Zonguldak puts Yılmaz first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 157,388 | 18 |
| Şahin | 90,554 | 16 |
| Öztürk | 84,332 | 18 |
| Aydın | 84,124 | 18 |
| Demir | 75,889 | 18 |
| Kaya | 74,192 | 18 |
| Arslan | 59,910 | 16 |
| Çelik | 59,656 | 18 |
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 Zonguldak between 2022 and 2023?
In Zonguldak’s top 30 list between 2022 and 2023, no new surname entered; 3 moved up, 4 moved down and 23 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2022 | 2023 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 1 | 1 | +64 |
| Aydın | 2 | 2 | +45 |
| Öztürk | 3 | 3 | −21 |
| Arslan | 4 | 4 | +1 |
| Demir | 5 | 5 | +107 |
| Özdemir | 6 | 6 | +76 |
| Kaya | 7 | 7 | −27 |
| Kara | 8 | 8 | +42 |
| Çelik | 9 | 9 | +57 |
| Acar | 10 | 10 | −9 |
| Demirci | 11 | 11 | +42 |
| Çetin | 13 | 12 | +71 |
| Yıldırım | 12 | 13 | +1 |
| Şen | 14 | 14 | +36 |
| Şahin | 15 | 15 | −2 |
| Yıldız | 16 | 16 | +34 |
| Yavuz | 17 | 17 | +17 |
| Erdoğan | 18 | 18 | +11 |
| Sarı | 19 | 19 | −4 |
| Uzun | 20 | 20 | −3 |
| Kılıç | 23 | 21 | +44 |
| Özcan | 21 | 22 | −17 |
| Korkmaz | 22 | 23 | −5 |
| Keskin | 24 | 24 | +27 |
| Bozkurt | 25 | 25 | −32 |
| Yaman | 26 | 26 | +9 |
| Çakır | 27 | 27 | +18 |
| Doğan | 28 | 28 | +7 |
| Turan | 30 | 29 | +33 |
| Kurt | 29 | 30 | +6 |
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