Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 75
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Ardahan 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Ardahan is Yılmaz: 3,131 people in 2018. Yıldız is second with 2,434. Yılmaz has led Ardahan every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Ardahan, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 3,131 | 31.7 | 1 |
| 02 | Yıldız | 2,434 | 24.6 | 5 |
| 03 | Çelik | 2,124 | 21.5 | 4 |
| 04 | Kaya | 1,838 | 18.6 | 2 |
| 05 | Kılıç | 1,545 | 15.6 | 13 |
| 06 | Öztürk | 1,332 | 13.5 | 8 |
| 07 | Demir | 1,280 | 12.9 | 3 |
| 08 | Avşar | 1,194 | 12.1 | – |
| 09 | Aydın | 1,116 | 11.3 | 9 |
| 10 | Koç | 1,048 | 10.6 | 18 |
| 11 | Yıldırım | 959 | 9.7 | 7 |
| 12 | Gökçe | 911 | 9.2 | – |
| 13 | Aktaş | 873 | 8.8 | 30 |
| 14 | Morkoç | 761 | 7.7 | – |
| 15 | Demirci | 724 | 7.3 | – |
| 16 | Polat | 708 | 7.2 | 19 |
| 17 | Aydemir | 661 | 6.7 | – |
| 18 | Özer | 638 | 6.5 | – |
| 19 | Bozkurt | 569 | 5.8 | – |
| 20 | Karataş | 557 | 5.6 | – |
| 21 | Özdemir | 549 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 22 | Koçak | 518 | 5.2 | – |
| 23 | Işık | 505 | 5.1 | – |
| 24 | Çoban | 490 | 5.0 | – |
| 25 | Aktürk | 476 | 4.8 | – |
| 26 | Karakoç | 449 | 4.5 | – |
| 27 | Karadağ | 437 | 4.4 | – |
| 28= | Altun | 415 | 4.2 | – |
| 28= | Ateş | 415 | 4.2 | – |
| 29 | Kara | 406 | 4.1 | 16 |
| 30 | Bulut | 405 | 4.1 | – |
How do these counts compare with Ardahan’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 98,907 in 2018, about 31.7 in every 1,000 people in Ardahan are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 29,468 people, 29.8% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- ArtvinArtvin: also Yılmaz, with 4,643 people in 2018, 1.5 times as many as in Ardahan.
- ErzurumErzurum: also Yılmaz, with 11,067 people in 2018, 3.5 times as many as in Ardahan.
- KarsKars: Kaya leads (6,299 people); Yılmaz, first in Ardahan, ranks 5th there with 3,984.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Ardahan’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 3,131 | Yıldız 2,434 | Çelik 2,124 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 3,049 | Yıldız 2,374 | Çelik 2,059 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 3,087 | Yıldız 2,384 | Çelik 2,055 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 3,053 | Yıldız 2,337 | Çelik 2,042 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 3,013 | Yıldız 2,284 | Çelik 1,989 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 3,049 | Yıldız 2,237 | Çelik 1,960 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 2,999 | Yıldız 2,164 | Çelik 1,934 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 2,990 | Yıldız 2,120 | Çelik 1,875 |
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