Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 72
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Batman 2020
The most common surname in Batman is Demir (11,770 people, 2020). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Batman. Çelik is second with 9,902. Demir has led Batman every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Batman, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 11,770 | 19.0 | 3 |
| 02 | Çelik | 9,902 | 16.0 | 4 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 8,851 | 14.3 | 5 |
| 04 | Kaya | 8,478 | 13.7 | 2 |
| 05 | Aslan | 6,691 | 10.8 | 14 |
| 06 | Yılmaz | 6,559 | 10.6 | 1 |
| 07 | Ekinci | 6,318 | 10.2 | – |
| 08 | Aydın | 5,228 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 09 | Taş | 4,555 | 7.3 | – |
| 10 | Yıldırım | 4,482 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 11 | Işık | 4,424 | 7.1 | – |
| 12 | Arslan | 4,415 | 7.1 | 11 |
| 13 | Şahin | 4,312 | 7.0 | 6 |
| 14 | Tekin | 4,245 | 6.8 | – |
| 15 | Turan | 3,992 | 6.4 | – |
| 16 | Güneş | 3,969 | 6.4 | 29 |
| 17 | Çiftçi | 3,813 | 6.1 | – |
| 18 | Şimşek | 3,723 | 6.0 | 20 |
| 19 | Özdemir | 3,548 | 5.7 | 10 |
| 20 | Tunç | 3,504 | 5.6 | – |
| 21 | Acar | 3,477 | 5.6 | 28 |
| 22 | Doğan | 3,395 | 5.5 | 12 |
| 23 | Kaplan | 3,263 | 5.3 | – |
| 24 | Akın | 2,953 | 4.8 | – |
| 25 | Sevim | 2,908 | 4.7 | – |
| 26 | Yaşar | 2,800 | 4.5 | – |
| 27 | Çetin | 2,794 | 4.5 | 15 |
| 28 | Altun | 2,768 | 4.5 | – |
| 29 | Oğuz | 2,633 | 4.2 | – |
| 30 | Yalçın | 2,619 | 4.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Batman’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 620,278 in 2020, about 19.0 in every 1,000 people in Batman are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 142,389 people, 23.0% of the population.1,2
Batman lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.5% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 599,103 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 608,659 |
| 2020 | 620,278 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BitlisBitlis: also Demir, with 3,939 people in 2020, 33% of the figure in Batman.
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (33,246 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 2nd there with 23,914.
- MardinMardin: also Demir, with 15,245 people in 2020, 1.3 times as many as in Batman.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (7,067 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 2nd there with 5,909.
- SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,322 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 3rd there with 3,929.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Batman’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Demir 11,376 | Çelik 9,563 | Yıldız 8,441 |
| 2019 | Demir 11,567 | Çelik 9,648 | Yıldız 8,621 |
| 2020 | Demir 11,770 | Çelik 9,902 | Yıldız 8,851 |
| 2021 | Demir 11,929 | Çelik 9,952 | Yıldız 8,920 |
| 2022 | Demir 12,059 | Çelik 10,111 | Yıldız 9,077 |
| 2023 | Demir 12,281 | Çelik 10,383 | Yıldız 9,253 |
| 2024 | Demir 12,496 | Çelik 10,422 | Yıldız 9,279 |
| 2025 | Demir 12,597 | Çelik 10,453 | Yıldız 9,433 |
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