Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 02
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Adıyaman 2018
The most common surname in Adıyaman is Doğan (8,866 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 7th in Adıyaman. It is a close race: Demir in second place is only 306 people behind. Doğan has led Adıyaman every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Doğan
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Adıyaman in 2018?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Doğan | 8,866 | 14.2 | 12 |
| 02 | Demir | 8,560 | 13.7 | 3 |
| 03 | Şahin | 8,202 | 13.1 | 6 |
| 04 | Kaya | 8,079 | 12.9 | 2 |
| 05 | Arslan | 7,198 | 11.5 | 11 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 7,038 | 11.3 | 7 |
| 07 | Yılmaz | 6,991 | 11.2 | 1 |
| 08 | Çelik | 6,533 | 10.5 | 4 |
| 09 | Aslan | 5,878 | 9.4 | 14 |
| 10 | Polat | 4,795 | 7.7 | 19 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 4,093 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 3,967 | 6.4 | 5 |
| 13 | Öztürk | 3,964 | 6.3 | 8 |
| 14 | Kılınç | 3,833 | 6.1 | – |
| 15 | Korkmaz | 3,760 | 6.0 | 21 |
| 16 | Aydın | 3,650 | 5.8 | 9 |
| 17 | Çetin | 3,551 | 5.7 | 15 |
| 18 | Karakuş | 3,483 | 5.6 | – |
| 19 | Turan | 3,458 | 5.5 | – |
| 20 | Fırat | 3,243 | 5.2 | – |
| 21 | Bozkurt | 2,939 | 4.7 | – |
| 22 | Coşkun | 2,798 | 4.5 | – |
| 23 | Özer | 2,790 | 4.5 | – |
| 24 | Avcı | 2,662 | 4.3 | – |
| 25 | Yalçın | 2,542 | 4.1 | – |
| 26 | Kara | 2,391 | 3.8 | 16 |
| 27 | Deniz | 2,338 | 3.7 | – |
| 28 | Gürbüz | 2,239 | 3.6 | – |
| 29 | Kaplan | 2,214 | 3.5 | – |
| 30 | Yücel | 2,196 | 3.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Adıyaman’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 624,513 in 2018, about 14.2 in every 1,000 people in Adıyaman are called Doğan. The 30 listed surnames together cover 134,251 people, 21.5% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diyarbakır | Kaya31,876 | Demir23,175 | Çelik22,825 |
| Gaziantep | Yılmaz40,816 | Kaya34,828 | Demir33,053 |
| Kahramanmaraş | Demir14,428 | Doğan10,719 | Kaya10,434 |
| Malatya | Şahin10,528 | Doğan10,501 | Kaya9,799 |
| Şanlıurfa | Demir53,048 | Çiftçi29,531 | Kaya29,514 |
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (31,876 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 14th there with 9,289.
- GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (40,816 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 22,007.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,428 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 2nd there with 10,719.
- MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (10,528 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 2nd there with 10,501.
- ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (53,048 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 15,824.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Southeastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2018 lists of the 9 provinces in the same region as Adıyaman puts Demir first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Demir | 155,595 | 9 |
| Kaya | 132,297 | 9 |
| Yılmaz | 102,399 | 9 |
| Çelik | 101,219 | 8 |
| Aslan | 98,771 | 9 |
| Yıldız | 85,281 | 9 |
| Yıldırım | 79,526 | 9 |
| Doğan | 68,931 | 7 |
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
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