Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 12

TÜİK · ADNKS 2018

The most common surnames in Bingöl 2018

The most common surname in Bingöl is Kaya (3,875 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 5th in Bingöl. Demir is second with 3,181. Kaya has led Bingöl every year since 2018.1

First place
Kaya
People
3,8751
ADNKS 2018
Per 1,000
13.82
Kaya
Population
281,2052
ADNKS 2018
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Bingöl, 2018

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Kaya 3,875 13.8 2
02 Demir 3,181 11.3 3
03 Yıldız 2,346 8.3 5
04 Çelik 2,117 7.5 4
05 Yılmaz 1,804 6.4 1
06 Kılıç 1,680 6.0 13
07 Aydın 1,449 5.2 9
08 Bulut 1,376 4.9 –
09 Bingöl 1,351 4.8 –
10 Tunç 1,328 4.7 –
11 Çiftçi 1,191 4.2 –
12 Korkmaz 1,152 4.1 21
13 Arslan 1,133 4.0 11
14 Doğan 1,113 4.0 12
15 Polat 1,108 3.9 19
16 Yıldırım 1,086 3.9 7
17 Özdemir 907 3.2 10
18 Yalçın 901 3.2 –
19 Çiçek 894 3.2 –
20 Kızılboğa 881 3.1 –
21 Öztürk 844 3.0 8
22 Keskin 839 3.0 –
23 Tan 797 2.8 –
24 Varol 785 2.8 –
25 Koç 767 2.7 18
26 Sönmez 762 2.7 –
27 Ataş 738 2.6 –
28 Taş 732 2.6 –
29 Bozkurt 716 2.5 –
30 Uzun 708 2.5 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2018, 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 Bingöl’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 281,205 in 2018, about 13.8 in every 1,000 people in Bingöl are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 38,561 people, 13.7% of the population.1,2

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: also Kaya, with 31,876 people in 2018, 8.2 times as many as in Bingöl.
  • ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (11,987 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 10,745.
  • ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,757 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 3,096.
  • ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (11,067 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 10,700.
  • MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,973 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 8th there with 4,326.
  • TunceliTunceli: Yıldız leads (1,474 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 6th there with 1,117.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Bingöl’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Kaya 3,875Demir 3,181Yıldız 2,346
2019 Kaya 3,903Demir 3,203Yıldız 2,327
2020 Kaya 3,987Demir 3,274Yıldız 2,344
2021 Kaya 3,958Demir 3,327Yıldız 2,394
2022 Kaya 3,940Demir 3,328Yıldız 2,413
2023 Kaya 3,952Demir 3,279Yıldız 2,423
2024 Kaya 3,929Demir 3,237Yıldız 2,406
2025 Kaya 3,873Demir 3,219Yıldız 2,392

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