Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 12
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Bingöl 2023
The most common surname in Bingöl is Kaya (3,952 people, 2023). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 5th in Bingöl. Demir is second with 3,279. Kaya has led Bingöl every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bingöl, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 3,952 | 13.8 | 2 |
| 02 | Demir | 3,279 | 11.5 | 3 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 2,423 | 8.5 | 5 |
| 04 | Çelik | 2,087 | 7.3 | 4 |
| 05 | Yılmaz | 1,758 | 6.2 | 1 |
| 06 | Kılıç | 1,739 | 6.1 | 13 |
| 07 | Aydın | 1,443 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 08 | Bingöl | 1,390 | 4.9 | – |
| 09 | Bulut | 1,372 | 4.8 | – |
| 10 | Tunç | 1,320 | 4.6 | – |
| 11 | Çiftçi | 1,199 | 4.2 | – |
| 12 | Korkmaz | 1,149 | 4.0 | 21 |
| 13 | Polat | 1,139 | 4.0 | 19 |
| 14 | Arslan | 1,136 | 4.0 | 11 |
| 15 | Doğan | 1,077 | 3.8 | 12 |
| 16 | Yıldırım | 1,068 | 3.7 | 7 |
| 17 | Yalçın | 978 | 3.4 | – |
| 18 | Özdemir | 974 | 3.4 | 10 |
| 19 | Çiçek | 969 | 3.4 | – |
| 20 | Kızılboğa | 908 | 3.2 | – |
| 21 | Öztürk | 858 | 3.0 | 8 |
| 22 | Varol | 807 | 2.8 | – |
| 23 | Keskin | 806 | 2.8 | – |
| 24 | Tan | 805 | 2.8 | – |
| 25 | Bozkurt | 802 | 2.8 | – |
| 26 | Sönmez | 780 | 2.7 | – |
| 27 | Koç | 769 | 2.7 | 18 |
| 28 | Ataş | 752 | 2.6 | – |
| 29 | Taş | 725 | 2.5 | – |
| 30 | Şimşek | 713 | 2.5 | 20 |
How do these counts compare with Bingöl’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 285,655 in 2023, about 13.8 in every 1,000 people in Bingöl are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 39,177 people, 13.7% of the population.1,2
Bingöl lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.6% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 281,205 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 279,812 |
| 2020 | 281,768 |
| 2021 | 283,112 |
| 2022 | 282,556 |
| 2023 | 285,655 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: also Kaya, with 34,156 people in 2023, 8.6 times as many as in Bingöl.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,379 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 10,983.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,863 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 3rd there with 3,111.
- ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,766 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 2nd there with 10,558.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,736 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 8th there with 4,135.
- TunceliTunceli: Yıldız leads (1,520 people); Kaya, first in Bingöl, ranks 6th there with 1,176.
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 |
| 2023 | Kaya 3,952 | Demir 3,279 | Yıldız 2,423 |
| 2024 | Kaya 3,929 | Demir 3,237 | Yıldız 2,406 |
| 2025 | Kaya 3,873 | Demir 3,219 | Yıldız 2,392 |
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