Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 02
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Adıyaman 2022
The most common surname in Adıyaman is Doğan (8,857 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Adıyaman. It is a close race: Demir in second place is only 160 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 2022?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Doğan | 8,857 | 13.9 | 12 |
| 02 | Demir | 8,697 | 13.7 | 3 |
| 03 | Şahin | 8,366 | 13.2 | 6 |
| 04 | Kaya | 8,239 | 13.0 | 2 |
| 05 | Arslan | 7,398 | 11.6 | 11 |
| 06 | Yılmaz | 7,187 | 11.3 | 1 |
| 07 | Yıldırım | 7,102 | 11.2 | 7 |
| 08 | Çelik | 6,684 | 10.5 | 4 |
| 09 | Aslan | 5,884 | 9.3 | 14 |
| 10 | Polat | 4,861 | 7.7 | 19 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 4,229 | 6.7 | 10 |
| 12 | Öztürk | 4,020 | 6.3 | 8 |
| 13 | Yıldız | 4,008 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 14 | Kılınç | 3,925 | 6.2 | – |
| 15 | Korkmaz | 3,830 | 6.0 | 21 |
| 16 | Aydın | 3,822 | 6.0 | 9 |
| 17 | Çetin | 3,763 | 5.9 | 15 |
| 18 | Karakuş | 3,582 | 5.6 | – |
| 19 | Turan | 3,574 | 5.6 | – |
| 20 | Fırat | 3,337 | 5.3 | – |
| 21 | Bozkurt | 2,997 | 4.7 | – |
| 22 | Coşkun | 2,851 | 4.5 | – |
| 23 | Özer | 2,829 | 4.5 | – |
| 24 | Avcı | 2,717 | 4.3 | – |
| 25 | Yalçın | 2,542 | 4.0 | – |
| 26 | Deniz | 2,493 | 3.9 | – |
| 27 | Kara | 2,491 | 3.9 | 16 |
| 28 | Çoban | 2,342 | 3.7 | – |
| 29 | Gürbüz | 2,316 | 3.6 | – |
| 30 | Yücel | 2,241 | 3.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Adıyaman’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 635,169 in 2022, about 13.9 in every 1,000 people in Adıyaman are called Doğan. The 30 listed surnames together cover 137,184 people, 21.6% of the population.1,2
Adıyaman lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.7% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 624,513 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 626,465 |
| 2020 | 632,459 |
| 2021 | 632,148 |
| 2022 | 635,169 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diyarbakır | Kaya33,771 | Demir24,225 | Çelik23,785 |
| Gaziantep | Yılmaz43,254 | Kaya37,157 | Demir35,507 |
| Kahramanmaraş | Demir14,921 | Doğan10,724 | Kurt10,707 |
| Malatya | Doğan10,624 | Şahin10,504 | Kaya10,102 |
| Şanlıurfa | Demir58,028 | Çiftçi32,453 | Kaya31,460 |
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (33,771 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 14th there with 9,503.
- GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (43,254 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 23,044.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,921 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 2nd there with 10,724.
- MalatyaMalatya: also Doğan, with 10,624 people in 2022, 1.2 times as many as in Adıyaman.
- ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (58,028 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 16,753.
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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Southeastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2022 lists of the 9 provinces in the same region as Adıyaman puts Demir first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Demir | 165,827 | 9 |
| Kaya | 139,978 | 9 |
| Yılmaz | 107,477 | 9 |
| Çelik | 106,399 | 8 |
| Aslan | 105,302 | 9 |
| Yıldız | 90,113 | 9 |
| Yıldırım | 83,631 | 9 |
| Doğan | 71,853 | 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
What changed in Adıyaman between 2021 and 2022?
In Adıyaman’s top 30 list between 2021 and 2022, 1 surname entered and 1 left; 4 moved up, 4 moved down and 21 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2021 | 2022 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doğan | 1 | 1 | +26 |
| Demir | 2 | 2 | +43 |
| Şahin | 3 | 3 | +43 |
| Kaya | 4 | 4 | −11 |
| Arslan | 5 | 5 | +5 |
| Yılmaz | 7 | 6 | +87 |
| Yıldırım | 6 | 7 | ±0 |
| Çelik | 8 | 8 | +111 |
| Aslan | 9 | 9 | +73 |
| Polat | 10 | 10 | +35 |
| Özdemir | 11 | 11 | +38 |
| Öztürk | 13 | 12 | +35 |
| Yıldız | 12 | 13 | +7 |
| Kılınç | 14 | 14 | +35 |
| Korkmaz | 16 | 15 | +34 |
| Aydın | 15 | 16 | +23 |
| Çetin | 17 | 17 | +82 |
| Karakuş | 18 | 18 | +12 |
| Turan | 19 | 19 | +18 |
| Fırat | 20 | 20 | +9 |
| Bozkurt | 21 | 21 | +3 |
| Coşkun | 22 | 22 | −19 |
| Özer | 23 | 23 | −4 |
| Avcı | 24 | 24 | +4 |
| Yalçın | 25 | 25 | −7 |
| Deniz | 27 | 26 | +47 |
| Kara | 26 | 27 | +20 |
| Çoban | 28 | 28 | +20 |
| Gürbüz | 29 | 29 | +14 |
| Yücel | Entered | 30 | — |
| Kaplan | 30 | Left | — |
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