Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 02
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Adıyaman 2023
The most common surname in Adıyaman is Doğan (8,460 people, 2023). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Adıyaman. It is a close race: Demir in second place is only 338 people behind. Doğan has led Adıyaman every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Doğan
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Adıyaman, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Doğan | 8,460 | 14.0 | 12 |
| 02 | Demir | 8,122 | 13.4 | 3 |
| 03 | Şahin | 7,954 | 13.1 | 6 |
| 04 | Kaya | 7,837 | 13.0 | 2 |
| 05 | Arslan | 7,213 | 11.9 | 11 |
| 06 | Yılmaz | 6,834 | 11.3 | 1 |
| 07 | Yıldırım | 6,793 | 11.2 | 7 |
| 08 | Çelik | 6,357 | 10.5 | 4 |
| 09 | Aslan | 5,595 | 9.2 | 14 |
| 10 | Polat | 4,590 | 7.6 | 19 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 4,077 | 6.7 | 10 |
| 12 | Öztürk | 3,873 | 6.4 | 8 |
| 13 | Yıldız | 3,809 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 14 | Kılınç | 3,784 | 6.3 | – |
| 15 | Korkmaz | 3,681 | 6.1 | 21 |
| 16 | Aydın | 3,600 | 6.0 | 9 |
| 17 | Çetin | 3,567 | 5.9 | 15 |
| 18 | Karakuş | 3,459 | 5.7 | – |
| 19 | Turan | 3,410 | 5.6 | – |
| 20 | Fırat | 3,207 | 5.3 | – |
| 21 | Bozkurt | 2,917 | 4.8 | – |
| 22 | Coşkun | 2,735 | 4.5 | – |
| 23 | Özer | 2,679 | 4.4 | – |
| 24 | Avcı | 2,606 | 4.3 | – |
| 25 | Deniz | 2,453 | 4.1 | – |
| 26 | Yalçın | 2,406 | 4.0 | – |
| 27 | Kara | 2,361 | 3.9 | 16 |
| 28 | Çoban | 2,264 | 3.7 | – |
| 29 | Bozan | 2,232 | 3.7 | – |
| 30 | Gürbüz | 2,216 | 3.7 | – |
How do these counts compare with Adıyaman’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 604,978 in 2023, about 14.0 in every 1,000 people in Adıyaman are called Doğan. The 30 listed surnames together cover 131,091 people, 21.7% of the population.1,2
Adıyaman lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 3.1% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 624,513 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 626,465 |
| 2020 | 632,459 |
| 2021 | 632,148 |
| 2022 | 635,169 |
| 2023 | 604,978 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (34,156 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 14th there with 9,589.
- GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (43,585 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 23,162.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,290 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 5th there with 10,017.
- MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (9,813 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 2nd there with 9,641.
- ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (59,465 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 16,989.
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