Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 12
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Bingöl 2022
The most common surname in Bingöl is Kaya (3,940 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 5th in Bingöl. Demir is second with 3,328. Kaya has led Bingöl every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Bingöl in 2022?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 3,940 | 13.9 | 2 |
| 02 | Demir | 3,328 | 11.8 | 3 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 2,413 | 8.5 | 5 |
| 04 | Çelik | 2,073 | 7.3 | 4 |
| 05 | Yılmaz | 1,720 | 6.1 | 1 |
| 06 | Kılıç | 1,699 | 6.0 | 13 |
| 07 | Aydın | 1,446 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 08 | Bingöl | 1,378 | 4.9 | – |
| 09 | Bulut | 1,373 | 4.9 | – |
| 10 | Tunç | 1,312 | 4.6 | – |
| 11 | Çiftçi | 1,207 | 4.3 | – |
| 12 | Korkmaz | 1,171 | 4.1 | 21 |
| 13 | Arslan | 1,152 | 4.1 | 11 |
| 14 | Polat | 1,127 | 4.0 | 19 |
| 15 | Yıldırım | 1,072 | 3.8 | 7 |
| 16 | Doğan | 1,053 | 3.7 | 12 |
| 17 | Yalçın | 981 | 3.5 | – |
| 18 | Özdemir | 959 | 3.4 | 10 |
| 19 | Kızılboğa | 907 | 3.2 | – |
| 20 | Çiçek | 906 | 3.2 | – |
| 21 | Keskin | 842 | 3.0 | – |
| 22 | Öztürk | 830 | 2.9 | 8 |
| 23 | Varol | 812 | 2.9 | – |
| 24 | Tan | 806 | 2.9 | – |
| 25 | Sönmez | 774 | 2.7 | – |
| 26 | Ataş | 760 | 2.7 | – |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 752 | 2.7 | – |
| 28 | Koç | 747 | 2.6 | 18 |
| 29 | Taş | 743 | 2.6 | – |
| 30 | Aksoy | 696 | 2.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Bingöl’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 282,556 in 2022, about 13.9 in every 1,000 people in Bingöl are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 38,979 people, 13.8% of the population.1,2
Bingöl lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.5% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 281,205 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 279,812 |
| 2020 | 281,768 |
| 2021 | 283,112 |
| 2022 | 282,556 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diyarbakır | Kaya33,771 | Demir24,225 | Çelik23,785 |
| Elazığ | Yıldırım12,274 | Kaya10,815 | Yılmaz9,820 |
| Erzincan | Yılmaz3,782 | Kaya3,126 | Demir3,051 |
| Erzurum | Yılmaz10,774 | Kaya10,605 | Polat9,645 |
| Muş | Çelik6,866 | Demir5,805 | Yılmaz4,933 |
| Tunceli | Demir1,442 | Yıldız1,421 | Çelik1,257 |
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: also Kaya, with 33,771 people in 2022, 8.6 times as many as in Bingöl.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,274 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 10,815.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,782 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 3,126.
- ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,774 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 10,605.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,866 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 8th there with 4,116.
- TunceliTunceli: Demir leads (1,442 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 6th there with 1,098.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Bingöl’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kaya 3,875 | Demir 3,181 | Yıldız 2,346 |
| 2019 | Kaya 3,903 | Demir 3,203 | Yıldız 2,327 |
| 2020 | Kaya 3,987 | Demir 3,274 | Yıldız 2,344 |
| 2021 | Kaya 3,958 | Demir 3,327 | Yıldız 2,394 |
| 2022 | Kaya 3,940 | Demir 3,328 | Yıldız 2,413 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Eastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2022 lists of the 14 provinces in the same region as Bingöl puts Kaya first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Kaya | 95,501 | 14 |
| Demir | 82,464 | 14 |
| Yılmaz | 70,307 | 14 |
| Çelik | 69,750 | 14 |
| Yıldız | 61,223 | 13 |
| Yıldırım | 57,163 | 13 |
| Aydın | 44,929 | 13 |
| Kılıç | 40,126 | 13 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Bingöl between 2021 and 2022?
In Bingöl’s top 30 list between 2021 and 2022, 1 surname entered and 1 left; 2 moved up, 5 moved down and 22 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2021 | 2022 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaya | 1 | 1 | −18 |
| Demir | 2 | 2 | +1 |
| Yıldız | 3 | 3 | +19 |
| Çelik | 4 | 4 | −39 |
| Yılmaz | 5 | 5 | −60 |
| Kılıç | 6 | 6 | −14 |
| Aydın | 7 | 7 | +8 |
| Bingöl | 8 | 8 | −21 |
| Bulut | 9 | 9 | +2 |
| Tunç | 10 | 10 | −25 |
| Çiftçi | 11 | 11 | −6 |
| Korkmaz | 12 | 12 | −8 |
| Arslan | 13 | 13 | +4 |
| Polat | 14 | 14 | −6 |
| Yıldırım | 16 | 15 | +24 |
| Doğan | 15 | 16 | −31 |
| Yalçın | 17 | 17 | +3 |
| Özdemir | 18 | 18 | −17 |
| Kızılboğa | 19 | 19 | +22 |
| Çiçek | 20 | 20 | +25 |
| Keskin | 21 | 21 | −14 |
| Öztürk | 22 | 22 | −22 |
| Varol | 23 | 23 | −14 |
| Tan | 24 | 24 | +5 |
| Sönmez | 29 | 25 | +24 |
| Ataş | 25 | 26 | −4 |
| Bozkurt | 26 | 27 | −8 |
| Koç | 27 | 28 | −11 |
| Taş | 28 | 29 | −10 |
| Aksoy | Entered | 30 | — |
| Şimşek | 30 | Left | — |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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