Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 72

TÜİK · ADNKS 2021

The most common surnames in Batman 2021

The most common surname in Batman is Demir (11,929 people, 2021). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Batman. Çelik is second with 9,952. Demir has led Batman every year since 2018.1

First place
Demir
People
11,9291
ADNKS 2021
Per 1,000
19.02
Demir
Population
626,3192
ADNKS 2021
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Batman, 2021

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Demir 11,929 19.0 3
02 Çelik 9,952 15.9 4
03 Yıldız 8,920 14.2 5
04 Kaya 8,524 13.6 2
05 Aslan 6,751 10.8 14
06 Yılmaz 6,582 10.5 1
07 Ekinci 6,338 10.1 –
08 Aydın 5,265 8.4 9
09 Taş 4,614 7.4 –
10 Yıldırım 4,466 7.1 7
11 Arslan 4,460 7.1 11
12 Işık 4,424 7.1 –
13 Şahin 4,320 6.9 6
14 Tekin 4,301 6.9 –
15 Güneş 4,030 6.4 29
16 Turan 4,025 6.4 –
17 Çiftçi 3,802 6.1 –
18 Şimşek 3,750 6.0 20
19 Özdemir 3,577 5.7 10
20 Tunç 3,519 5.6 –
21 Acar 3,511 5.6 28
22 Doğan 3,405 5.4 12
23 Kaplan 3,290 5.3 –
24 Akın 2,972 4.7 –
25 Sevim 2,952 4.7 –
26 Çetin 2,843 4.5 15
27 Yaşar 2,827 4.5 –
28 Altun 2,748 4.4 –
29 Oğuz 2,646 4.2 –
30 Yalçın 2,617 4.2 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2021, 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 626,319 in 2021, about 19.0 in every 1,000 people in Batman are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 143,360 people, 22.9% of the population.1,2

Batman lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 4.5% between 2018 and 2021.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 600 k 610 k 620 k 630 k 2018201920202021 599,103 608,659 620,278 626,319 TÜİK · ADNKS 600 k 610 k 620 k 630 k ’18’20’21 599,103 608,659 620,278 626,319
Population of Batman, 2018–2021 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • BitlisBitlis: also Demir, with 4,006 people in 2021, 34% of the figure in Batman.
  • DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (33,503 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 2nd there with 24,056.
  • MardinMardin: also Demir, with 15,380 people in 2021, 1.3 times as many as in Batman.
  • MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,944 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 2nd there with 5,888.
  • SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,396 people); Demir, first in Batman, ranks 3rd there with 3,978.

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