Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 02
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Adıyaman 2021
The most common surname in Adıyaman is Doğan (8,831 people, 2021). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 7th in Adıyaman. It is a close race: Demir in second place is only 177 people behind. Doğan has led Adıyaman every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Doğan
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Adıyaman, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Doğan | 8,831 | 14.0 | 12 |
| 02 | Demir | 8,654 | 13.7 | 3 |
| 03 | Şahin | 8,323 | 13.2 | 6 |
| 04 | Kaya | 8,250 | 13.1 | 2 |
| 05 | Arslan | 7,393 | 11.7 | 11 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 7,102 | 11.2 | 7 |
| 07 | Yılmaz | 7,100 | 11.2 | 1 |
| 08 | Çelik | 6,573 | 10.4 | 4 |
| 09 | Aslan | 5,811 | 9.2 | 14 |
| 10 | Polat | 4,826 | 7.6 | 19 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 4,191 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 4,001 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 13 | Öztürk | 3,985 | 6.3 | 8 |
| 14 | Kılınç | 3,890 | 6.2 | – |
| 15 | Aydın | 3,799 | 6.0 | 9 |
| 16 | Korkmaz | 3,796 | 6.0 | 21 |
| 17 | Çetin | 3,681 | 5.8 | 15 |
| 18 | Karakuş | 3,570 | 5.6 | – |
| 19 | Turan | 3,556 | 5.6 | – |
| 20 | Fırat | 3,328 | 5.3 | – |
| 21 | Bozkurt | 2,994 | 4.7 | – |
| 22 | Coşkun | 2,870 | 4.5 | – |
| 23 | Özer | 2,833 | 4.5 | – |
| 24 | Avcı | 2,713 | 4.3 | – |
| 25 | Yalçın | 2,549 | 4.0 | – |
| 26 | Kara | 2,471 | 3.9 | 16 |
| 27 | Deniz | 2,446 | 3.9 | – |
| 28 | Çoban | 2,322 | 3.7 | – |
| 29 | Gürbüz | 2,302 | 3.6 | – |
| 30 | Kaplan | 2,229 | 3.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Adıyaman’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 632,148 in 2021, about 14.0 in every 1,000 people in Adıyaman are called Doğan. The 30 listed surnames together cover 136,389 people, 21.6% of the population.1,2
Adıyaman lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.2% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 624,513 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 626,465 |
| 2020 | 632,459 |
| 2021 | 632,148 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (33,503 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 14th there with 9,459.
- GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (42,728 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 22,761.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,825 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 2nd there with 10,795.
- MalatyaMalatya: also Doğan, with 10,638 people in 2021, 1.2 times as many as in Adıyaman.
- ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (56,681 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 16,456.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Adıyaman’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Doğan 8,866 | Demir 8,560 | Şahin 8,202 |
| 2019 | Doğan 8,847 | Demir 8,528 | Şahin 8,252 |
| 2020 | Doğan 8,886 | Demir 8,656 | Şahin 8,346 |
| 2021 | Doğan 8,831 | Demir 8,654 | Şahin 8,323 |
| 2022 | Doğan 8,857 | Demir 8,697 | Şahin 8,366 |
| 2023 | Doğan 8,460 | Demir 8,122 | Şahin 7,954 |
| 2024 | Doğan 8,525 | Demir 8,075 | Kaya 8,045 |
| 2025 | Doğan 8,594 | Kaya 8,175 | Demir 8,096 |
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