Most Common Surnames in Rize Province (Turkey)

Rize Province is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. It was formerly known as Lazistan, the designation of the term of Lazistan was officially banned in 1926, by Kemalists. The province is home to Laz, Hemshin, Turkish people and Georgian communities. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spent his early childhood in Rize, where his father was a member of the Turkish Coast Guard, and from which both of Erdogan's parents come from.


1. Yılmaz 8.7k
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2. Yazici 4.2k
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3. Uzun 3.7k
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4. Çelik 3.3k
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5. Öztürk 3.1k
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6. Köse 2.7k
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7. Yıldız 2.6k
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8. Çolak 2.4k
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9. Yıldırım 2.4k
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10. Sari 2.3k
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