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TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Bitlis 2018
The most common surname in Bitlis is Demir (3,874 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 3rd in Bitlis. Çelik is second with 3,584. Demir has led Bitlis every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bitlis, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 3,874 | 11.1 | 3 |
| 02 | Çelik | 3,584 | 10.3 | 4 |
| 03 | Yılmaz | 3,147 | 9.0 | 1 |
| 04 | Kaya | 3,011 | 8.6 | 2 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 2,764 | 7.9 | 10 |
| 06 | Aslan | 2,570 | 7.4 | 14 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 2,182 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 08 | Aydın | 2,059 | 5.9 | 9 |
| 09 | Kardaş | 1,994 | 5.7 | – |
| 10 | Çetin | 1,913 | 5.5 | 15 |
| 11 | Kaplan | 1,900 | 5.4 | – |
| 12 | Taş | 1,797 | 5.1 | – |
| 13 | Aktaş | 1,577 | 4.5 | 30 |
| 14 | Kılıç | 1,510 | 4.3 | 13 |
| 15 | Arslan | 1,428 | 4.1 | 11 |
| 16 | Acar | 1,316 | 3.8 | 28 |
| 17 | Yıldırım | 1,296 | 3.7 | 7 |
| 18 | Güneş | 1,240 | 3.5 | 29 |
| 19 | Tarhan | 1,183 | 3.4 | – |
| 20 | Sönmez | 1,135 | 3.2 | – |
| 21 | Çoban | 1,116 | 3.2 | – |
| 22 | İnan | 1,106 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | Ekinci | 1,102 | 3.2 | – |
| 24 | Işık | 1,096 | 3.1 | – |
| 25 | Erdoğan | 1,084 | 3.1 | 26 |
| 26 | Akın | 1,077 | 3.1 | – |
| 27 | Yalçın | 1,068 | 3.1 | – |
| 28 | Bulut | 1,062 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Aksoy | 1,028 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Özkan | 1,021 | 2.9 | 22 |
How do these counts compare with Bitlis’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 349,396 in 2018, about 11.1 in every 1,000 people in Bitlis are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 52,240 people, 15.0% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AğrıAğrı: Kaya leads (16,981 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 2nd there with 12,826.
- BatmanBatman: also Demir, with 11,376 people in 2018, 2.9 times as many as in Bitlis.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,973 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 2nd there with 5,811.
- SiirtSiirt: Yılmaz leads (4,181 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 3rd there with 4,004.
- VanVan: also Demir, with 17,602 people in 2018, 4.5 times as many as in Bitlis.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Bitlis’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Demir 3,874 | Çelik 3,584 | Yılmaz 3,147 |
| 2019 | Demir 3,907 | Çelik 3,633 | Yılmaz 3,061 |
| 2020 | Demir 3,939 | Çelik 3,668 | Yılmaz 3,084 |
| 2021 | Demir 4,006 | Çelik 3,683 | Yılmaz 3,109 |
| 2022 | Demir 4,049 | Çelik 3,683 | Yılmaz 3,085 |
| 2023 | Demir 4,125 | Çelik 3,640 | Kaya 3,127 |
| 2024 | Demir 4,094 | Çelik 3,599 | Yılmaz 3,158 |
| 2025 | Demir 3,990 | Çelik 3,597 | Yılmaz 3,155 |
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