Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 72

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Batman

The most common surname in Batman is Demir (12,597 people, 2025). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Batman. Çelik is second with 10,453. Demir has led Batman every year since 2018.1

First place
Demir
People
12,5971
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
19.02
Demir
Population
662,6262
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Batman, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Demir 12,597 19.0 3
02 Çelik 10,453 15.8 4
03 Yıldız 9,433 14.2 5
04 Kaya 8,963 13.5 2
05 Aslan 7,067 10.7 14
06 Yılmaz 6,891 10.4 1
07 Ekinci 6,766 10.2 –
08 Aydın 5,490 8.3 9
09 Taş 4,829 7.3 –
10 Işık 4,689 7.1 –
11 Arslan 4,678 7.1 11
12 Yıldırım 4,611 7.0 7
13 Şahin 4,596 6.9 6
14 Tekin 4,493 6.8 –
15 Turan 4,223 6.4 –
16 Güneş 4,221 6.4 29
17 Şimşek 3,923 5.9 20
18 Çiftçi 3,840 5.8 –
19 Tunç 3,821 5.8 –
20 Özdemir 3,797 5.7 10
21 Doğan 3,683 5.6 12
22 Acar 3,651 5.5 28
23 Kaplan 3,391 5.1 –
24 Sevim 3,143 4.7 –
25 Akın 3,091 4.7 –
26 Çetin 2,940 4.4 15
27 Yaşar 2,939 4.4 –
28 Altun 2,864 4.3 –
29 Oğuz 2,840 4.3 –
30 Bozkurt 2,760 4.2 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Batman’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 662,626 in 2025, about 19.0 in every 1,000 people in Batman are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 150,683 people, 22.7% of the population.1,2

Batman lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 10.6% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 600 k 625 k 650 k 20182019202020212022202320242025 599,103 608,659 620,278 626,319 634,491 647,205 654,528 662,626 TÜİK · ADNKS 600 k 625 k 650 k ’18’20’22’24’25 599,103 608,659 620,278 626,319 634,491 647,205 654,528 662,626
Population of Batman, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • BitlisBitlis: also Demir, with 3,990 people in 2025, 32% of the figure in Batman.
  • DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (35,014 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 2nd there with 24,930.
  • MardinMardin: also Demir, with 16,225 people in 2025, 1.3 times as many as in Batman.
  • MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,658 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 2nd there with 5,761.
  • SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,399 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 3rd there with 3,998.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Batman’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Demir 11,376Çelik 9,563Yıldız 8,441
2019 Demir 11,567Çelik 9,648Yıldız 8,621
2020 Demir 11,770Çelik 9,902Yıldız 8,851
2021 Demir 11,929Çelik 9,952Yıldız 8,920
2022 Demir 12,059Çelik 10,111Yıldız 9,077
2023 Demir 12,281Çelik 10,383Yıldız 9,253
2024 Demir 12,496Çelik 10,422Yıldız 9,279
2025 Demir 12,597Çelik 10,453Yıldız 9,433

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries