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Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 12

TÜİK · ADNKS 2021

The most common surnames in Bingöl 2021

The most common surname in Bingöl is Kaya (3,958 people, 2021). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 5th in Bingöl. Demir is second with 3,327. Kaya has led Bingöl every year since 2018.1

First place
Kaya
People
3,9581
ADNKS 2021
Per 1,000
14.02
Kaya
Population
283,1122
ADNKS 2021
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Bingöl, 2021

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Kaya 3,958 14.0 2
02 Demir 3,327 11.8 3
03 Yıldız 2,394 8.5 5
04 Çelik 2,112 7.5 4
05 Yılmaz 1,780 6.3 1
06 Kılıç 1,713 6.1 13
07 Aydın 1,438 5.1 9
08 Bingöl 1,399 4.9 –
09 Bulut 1,371 4.8 –
10 Tunç 1,337 4.7 –
11 Çiftçi 1,213 4.3 –
12 Korkmaz 1,179 4.2 21
13 Arslan 1,148 4.1 11
14 Polat 1,133 4.0 19
15 Doğan 1,084 3.8 12
16 Yıldırım 1,048 3.7 7
17 Yalçın 978 3.5 –
18 Özdemir 976 3.4 10
19 Kızılboğa 885 3.1 –
20 Çiçek 881 3.1 –
21 Keskin 856 3.0 –
22 Öztürk 852 3.0 8
23 Varol 826 2.9 –
24 Tan 801 2.8 –
25 Ataş 764 2.7 –
26 Bozkurt 760 2.7 –
27 Koç 758 2.7 18
28 Taş 753 2.7 –
29 Sönmez 750 2.6 –
30 Şimşek 709 2.5 20
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 Bingöl’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 283,112 in 2021, about 14.0 in every 1,000 people in Bingöl are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 39,183 people, 13.8% of the population.1,2

Bingöl lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.7% between 2018 and 2021.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 280 k 282 k 2018201920202021 281,205 279,812 281,768 283,112 TÜİK · ADNKS 280 k 282 k ’18’20’21 281,205 279,812 281,768 283,112
Population of Bingöl, 2018–2021 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: also Kaya, with 33,503 people in 2021, 8.5 times as many as in Bingöl.
  • ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,188 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 10,775.
  • ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,769 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 3,160.
  • ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,923 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 10,668.
  • MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,944 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 8th there with 4,184.
  • TunceliTunceli: Demir leads (1,446 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 6th there with 1,132.

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