Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 04
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Ağrı 2018
The most common surname in Ağrı is Kaya (16,981 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 10th in Ağrı. Demir is second with 12,826. Kaya has led Ağrı every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Ağrı, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 16,981 | 31.5 | 2 |
| 02 | Demir | 12,826 | 23.8 | 3 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 8,693 | 16.1 | 5 |
| 04 | Çelik | 8,380 | 15.5 | 4 |
| 05 | Kılıç | 6,836 | 12.7 | 13 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 6,720 | 12.5 | 7 |
| 07 | Polat | 6,698 | 12.4 | 19 |
| 08 | Taşdemir | 6,222 | 11.5 | – |
| 09 | Aslan | 5,922 | 11.0 | 14 |
| 10 | Yılmaz | 5,540 | 10.3 | 1 |
| 11 | Aydın | 4,612 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 12 | Öztürk | 4,370 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 13 | Arslan | 4,258 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 14 | Şahin | 4,242 | 7.9 | 6 |
| 15 | Çetin | 3,739 | 6.9 | 15 |
| 16 | Özer | 3,430 | 6.4 | – |
| 17 | Işık | 3,386 | 6.3 | – |
| 18 | Yaşar | 3,366 | 6.2 | – |
| 19 | Çiftçi | 3,121 | 5.8 | – |
| 20 | Aydemir | 2,962 | 5.5 | – |
| 21 | Turan | 2,926 | 5.4 | – |
| 22 | Doğan | 2,895 | 5.4 | 12 |
| 23 | Dursun | 2,823 | 5.2 | – |
| 24 | Bayram | 2,484 | 4.6 | – |
| 25 | Özdemir | 2,456 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 26 | Bulut | 2,292 | 4.2 | – |
| 27 | Koç | 2,280 | 4.2 | 18 |
| 28 | Uçar | 2,196 | 4.1 | – |
| 29 | Gültekin | 2,152 | 4.0 | – |
| 30 | Cengiz | 2,047 | 3.8 | – |
How do these counts compare with Ağrı’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 539,657 in 2018, about 31.5 in every 1,000 people in Ağrı are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 146,855 people, 27.2% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BitlisBitlis: Demir leads (3,874 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 4th there with 3,011.
- ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (11,067 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 10,700.
- IğdırIğdır: Aras leads (2,788 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 2,694.
- KarsKars: also Kaya, with 6,299 people in 2018, 37% of the figure in Ağrı.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,973 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 8th there with 4,326.
- VanVan: Demir leads (17,602 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 15,683.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Ağrı’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kaya 16,981 | Demir 12,826 | Yıldız 8,693 |
| 2019 | Kaya 16,972 | Demir 12,816 | Yıldız 8,650 |
| 2020 | Kaya 16,926 | Demir 12,814 | Yıldız 8,631 |
| 2021 | Kaya 16,614 | Demir 12,510 | Yıldız 8,440 |
| 2022 | Kaya 16,143 | Demir 12,217 | Yıldız 8,241 |
| 2023 | Kaya 15,970 | Demir 12,143 | Yıldız 8,153 |
| 2024 | Kaya 15,718 | Demir 11,838 | Yıldız 7,998 |
| 2025 | Kaya 15,283 | Demir 11,682 | Yıldız 7,849 |
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