Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 04
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Ağrı 2022
The most common surname in Ağrı is Kaya (16,143 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 10th in Ağrı. Demir is second with 12,217. Kaya has led Ağrı every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Ağrı, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 16,143 | 31.6 | 2 |
| 02 | Demir | 12,217 | 23.9 | 3 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 8,241 | 16.1 | 5 |
| 04 | Çelik | 8,148 | 16.0 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 6,412 | 12.6 | 7 |
| 06 | Kılıç | 6,372 | 12.5 | 13 |
| 07 | Polat | 6,326 | 12.4 | 19 |
| 08 | Taşdemir | 5,986 | 11.7 | – |
| 09 | Aslan | 5,631 | 11.0 | 14 |
| 10 | Yılmaz | 5,280 | 10.3 | 1 |
| 11 | Aydın | 4,323 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 12 | Öztürk | 4,131 | 8.1 | 8 |
| 13 | Arslan | 4,042 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 14 | Şahin | 3,951 | 7.7 | 6 |
| 15 | Çetin | 3,494 | 6.8 | 15 |
| 16 | Işık | 3,384 | 6.6 | – |
| 17 | Yaşar | 3,215 | 6.3 | – |
| 18 | Özer | 3,182 | 6.2 | – |
| 19 | Çiftçi | 2,925 | 5.7 | – |
| 20 | Doğan | 2,810 | 5.5 | 12 |
| 21 | Aydemir | 2,795 | 5.5 | – |
| 22 | Turan | 2,772 | 5.4 | – |
| 23 | Dursun | 2,712 | 5.3 | – |
| 24 | Bayram | 2,332 | 4.6 | – |
| 25 | Özdemir | 2,314 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 26 | Bulut | 2,227 | 4.4 | – |
| 27 | Gültekin | 2,221 | 4.3 | – |
| 28 | Koç | 2,170 | 4.2 | 18 |
| 29 | Uçar | 2,076 | 4.1 | – |
| 30 | Cengiz | 1,986 | 3.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Ağrı’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 510,626 in 2022, about 31.6 in every 1,000 people in Ağrı are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 139,818 people, 27.4% of the population.1,2
Ağrı lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 5.4% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 539,657 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 536,199 |
| 2020 | 535,435 |
| 2021 | 524,644 |
| 2022 | 510,626 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BitlisBitlis: Demir leads (4,049 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 4th there with 3,059.
- ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,774 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 10,605.
- IğdırIğdır: Aras leads (2,882 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 2,672.
- KarsKars: also Kaya, with 6,170 people in 2022, 38% of the figure in Ağrı.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,866 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 8th there with 4,116.
- VanVan: Demir leads (17,709 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 15,866.
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