Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 04
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Ağrı 2023
The most common surname in Ağrı is Kaya (15,970 people, 2023). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 10th in Ağrı. Demir is second with 12,143. Kaya has led Ağrı every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Ağrı, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 15,970 | 31.2 | 2 |
| 02 | Demir | 12,143 | 23.8 | 3 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 8,153 | 15.9 | 5 |
| 04 | Çelik | 8,121 | 15.9 | 4 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 6,409 | 12.5 | 7 |
| 06 | Kılıç | 6,302 | 12.3 | 13 |
| 07 | Polat | 6,279 | 12.3 | 19 |
| 08 | Taşdemir | 5,938 | 11.6 | – |
| 09 | Aslan | 5,545 | 10.8 | 14 |
| 10 | Yılmaz | 5,356 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 11 | Aydın | 4,251 | 8.3 | 9 |
| 12 | Öztürk | 4,228 | 8.3 | 8 |
| 13 | Arslan | 4,047 | 7.9 | 11 |
| 14 | Şahin | 4,031 | 7.9 | 6 |
| 15 | Çetin | 3,470 | 6.8 | 15 |
| 16 | Işık | 3,374 | 6.6 | – |
| 17 | Özer | 3,192 | 6.2 | – |
| 18 | Yaşar | 3,155 | 6.2 | – |
| 19 | Çiftçi | 2,865 | 5.6 | – |
| 20 | Doğan | 2,785 | 5.4 | 12 |
| 21 | Aydemir | 2,778 | 5.4 | – |
| 22 | Turan | 2,709 | 5.3 | – |
| 23 | Dursun | 2,687 | 5.3 | – |
| 24 | Bayram | 2,349 | 4.6 | – |
| 25 | Özdemir | 2,290 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 26 | Bulut | 2,248 | 4.4 | – |
| 27 | Gültekin | 2,211 | 4.3 | – |
| 28 | Koç | 2,184 | 4.3 | 18 |
| 29 | Uçar | 2,123 | 4.2 | – |
| 30 | Cengiz | 1,973 | 3.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Ağrı’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 511,238 in 2023, about 31.2 in every 1,000 people in Ağrı are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 139,166 people, 27.2% of the population.1,2
Ağrı lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 5.3% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 539,657 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 536,199 |
| 2020 | 535,435 |
| 2021 | 524,644 |
| 2022 | 510,626 |
| 2023 | 511,238 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BitlisBitlis: Demir leads (4,125 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 3rd there with 3,127.
- ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,766 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 10,558.
- IğdırIğdır: Aras leads (2,881 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 2,794.
- KarsKars: also Kaya, with 6,168 people in 2023, 39% of the figure in Ağrı.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,736 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 8th there with 4,135.
- VanVan: Demir leads (17,766 people); Kaya, first in Ağrı, ranks 2nd there with 15,872.
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