Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 02

TÜİK · ADNKS 2024

The most common surnames in Adıyaman 2024

The most common surname in Adıyaman is Doğan (8,525 people, 2024). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Adıyaman. Demir is second with 8,075. Doğan has led Adıyaman every year since 2018.1

First place
Doğan
People
8,5251
ADNKS 2024
Per 1,000
14.02
Doğan
Population
611,0372
ADNKS 2024
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Adıyaman, 2024

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Doğan 8,525 14.0 12
02 Demir 8,075 13.2 3
03 Kaya 8,045 13.2 2
04 Şahin 8,012 13.1 6
05 Arslan 7,295 11.9 11
06 Yılmaz 6,900 11.3 1
07 Yıldırım 6,862 11.2 7
08 Çelik 6,410 10.5 4
09 Aslan 5,664 9.3 14
10 Polat 4,617 7.6 19
11 Özdemir 4,061 6.6 10
12 Öztürk 3,913 6.4 8
13 Yıldız 3,828 6.3 5
14 Kılınç 3,790 6.2 –
15 Korkmaz 3,650 6.0 21
16 Aydın 3,616 5.9 9
17 Çetin 3,603 5.9 15
18 Karakuş 3,498 5.7 –
19 Turan 3,458 5.7 –
20 Fırat 3,229 5.3 –
21 Bozkurt 2,938 4.8 –
22 Coşkun 2,786 4.6 –
23 Özer 2,735 4.5 –
24 Avcı 2,596 4.2 –
25 Deniz 2,492 4.1 –
26 Yalçın 2,427 4.0 –
27 Kara 2,419 4.0 16
28 Bozan 2,266 3.7 –
29 Gürbüz 2,254 3.7 –
30 Çoban 2,228 3.6 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2024, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Adıyaman’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 611,037 in 2024, about 14.0 in every 1,000 people in Adıyaman are called Doğan. The 30 listed surnames together cover 132,192 people, 21.6% of the population.1,2

Adıyaman lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.2% between 2018 and 2024.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 600 k 620 k 640 k 2018201920202021202220232024 624,513 626,465 632,459 632,148 635,169 604,978 611,037 TÜİK · ADNKS 600 k 620 k 640 k ’18’20’22’24 624,513 626,465 632,459 632,148 635,169 604,978 611,037
Population of Adıyaman, 2018–2024 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (34,595 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 14th there with 9,685.
  • GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (44,195 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 23,384.
  • KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,549 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 5th there with 10,146.
  • MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (9,912 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 2nd there with 9,759.
  • ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (60,625 people); Doğan, first in Adıyaman, ranks 9th there with 17,095.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Adıyaman’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Doğan 8,866Demir 8,560Şahin 8,202
2019 Doğan 8,847Demir 8,528Şahin 8,252
2020 Doğan 8,886Demir 8,656Şahin 8,346
2021 Doğan 8,831Demir 8,654Şahin 8,323
2022 Doğan 8,857Demir 8,697Şahin 8,366
2023 Doğan 8,460Demir 8,122Şahin 7,954
2024 Doğan 8,525Demir 8,075Kaya 8,045
2025 Doğan 8,594Kaya 8,175Demir 8,096

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries