Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 04
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Ağrı 2021
The most common surname in Ağrı is Kaya (16,614 people, 2021). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 10th in Ağrı. Demir is second with 12,510. Kaya has led Ağrı every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Ağrı, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 16,614 | 31.7 | 2 |
| 02 | Demir | 12,510 | 23.8 | 3 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 8,440 | 16.1 | 5 |
| 04 | Çelik | 8,302 | 15.8 | 4 |
| 05 | Kılıç | 6,536 | 12.5 | 13 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 6,514 | 12.4 | 7 |
| 07 | Polat | 6,495 | 12.4 | 19 |
| 08 | Taşdemir | 6,144 | 11.7 | – |
| 09 | Aslan | 5,750 | 11.0 | 14 |
| 10 | Yılmaz | 5,334 | 10.2 | 1 |
| 11 | Aydın | 4,497 | 8.6 | 9 |
| 12 | Öztürk | 4,282 | 8.2 | 8 |
| 13 | Arslan | 4,144 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 14 | Şahin | 4,091 | 7.8 | 6 |
| 15 | Çetin | 3,662 | 7.0 | 15 |
| 16 | Işık | 3,462 | 6.6 | – |
| 17 | Yaşar | 3,274 | 6.2 | – |
| 18 | Özer | 3,253 | 6.2 | – |
| 19 | Çiftçi | 3,050 | 5.8 | – |
| 20 | Aydemir | 2,881 | 5.5 | – |
| 21 | Doğan | 2,874 | 5.5 | 12 |
| 22 | Turan | 2,838 | 5.4 | – |
| 23 | Dursun | 2,717 | 5.2 | – |
| 24 | Bayram | 2,373 | 4.5 | – |
| 25 | Özdemir | 2,341 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 26 | Bulut | 2,286 | 4.4 | – |
| 27 | Koç | 2,226 | 4.2 | 18 |
| 28 | Gültekin | 2,211 | 4.2 | – |
| 29 | Uçar | 2,121 | 4.0 | – |
| 30 | Cengiz | 2,034 | 3.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Ağrı’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 524,644 in 2021, about 31.7 in every 1,000 people in Ağrı are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 143,256 people, 27.3% of the population.1,2
Ağrı lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 2.8% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 539,657 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 536,199 |
| 2020 | 535,435 |
| 2021 | 524,644 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BitlisBitlis: Demir leads (4,006 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 4th there with 3,023.
- ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,923 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 10,668.
- IğdırIğdır: Aras leads (2,884 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 2,719.
- KarsKars: also Kaya, with 6,170 people in 2021, 37% of the figure in Ağrı.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,944 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 8th there with 4,184.
- VanVan: Demir leads (17,859 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 16,023.
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