Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 13
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Bitlis 2019
The most common surname in Bitlis is Demir (3,907 people, 2019). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 3rd in Bitlis. Çelik is second with 3,633. Demir has led Bitlis every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Bitlis in 2019?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 3,907 | 11.2 | 3 |
| 02 | Çelik | 3,633 | 10.4 | 4 |
| 03 | Yılmaz | 3,061 | 8.8 | 1 |
| 04 | Kaya | 2,989 | 8.6 | 2 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 2,747 | 7.9 | 10 |
| 06 | Aslan | 2,562 | 7.4 | 14 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 2,143 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 08 | Aydın | 2,005 | 5.8 | 9 |
| 09 | Kardaş | 1,995 | 5.7 | – |
| 10 | Kaplan | 1,944 | 5.6 | – |
| 11 | Çetin | 1,874 | 5.4 | 15 |
| 12 | Taş | 1,795 | 5.2 | – |
| 13 | Aktaş | 1,556 | 4.5 | 30 |
| 14 | Kılıç | 1,515 | 4.4 | 13 |
| 15 | Arslan | 1,401 | 4.0 | 11 |
| 16 | Acar | 1,331 | 3.8 | 28 |
| 17 | Yıldırım | 1,287 | 3.7 | 7 |
| 18 | Güneş | 1,230 | 3.5 | 29 |
| 19 | Tarhan | 1,196 | 3.4 | – |
| 20 | Sönmez | 1,129 | 3.2 | – |
| 21 | Işık | 1,120 | 3.2 | – |
| 22 | İnan | 1,109 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | Ekinci | 1,104 | 3.2 | – |
| 24 | Çoban | 1,092 | 3.1 | – |
| 25 | Yalçın | 1,078 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Bulut | 1,075 | 3.1 | – |
| 27 | Akın | 1,069 | 3.1 | – |
| 28 | Aksoy | 1,056 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Erdoğan | 1,040 | 3.0 | 26 |
| 30 | Özkan | 1,034 | 3.0 | 22 |
How do these counts compare with Bitlis’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 348,115 in 2019, about 11.2 in every 1,000 people in Bitlis are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 52,077 people, 15.0% of the population.1,2
Bitlis lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 0.4% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 349,396 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 348,115 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ağrı | Kaya16,972 | Demir12,816 | Yıldız8,650 |
| Batman | Demir11,567 | Çelik9,648 | Yıldız8,621 |
| Muş | Çelik6,940 | Demir5,858 | Yılmaz5,059 |
| Siirt | Yıldız4,244 | Yılmaz4,195 | Demir3,936 |
| Van | Demir17,731 | Kaya15,949 | Çelik10,893 |
- AğrıAğrı: Kaya leads (16,972 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 2nd there with 12,816.
- BatmanBatman: also Demir, with 11,567 people in 2019, 3.0 times as many as in Bitlis.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,940 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 2nd there with 5,858.
- SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,244 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 3rd there with 3,936.
- VanVan: also Demir, with 17,731 people in 2019, 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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Eastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2019 lists of the 14 provinces in the same region as Bitlis puts Kaya first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Kaya | 96,266 | 14 |
| Demir | 82,693 | 14 |
| Yılmaz | 70,839 | 14 |
| Çelik | 70,205 | 14 |
| Yıldız | 63,049 | 14 |
| Yıldırım | 57,329 | 13 |
| Aydın | 45,563 | 13 |
| Kılıç | 40,502 | 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 Bitlis between 2018 and 2019?
In Bitlis’s top 30 list between 2018 and 2019, no new surname entered; 5 moved up, 4 moved down and 21 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2018 | 2019 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demir | 1 | 1 | +33 |
| Çelik | 2 | 2 | +49 |
| Yılmaz | 3 | 3 | −86 |
| Kaya | 4 | 4 | −22 |
| Özdemir | 5 | 5 | −17 |
| Aslan | 6 | 6 | −8 |
| Yıldız | 7 | 7 | −39 |
| Aydın | 8 | 8 | −54 |
| Kardaş | 9 | 9 | +1 |
| Kaplan | 11 | 10 | +44 |
| Çetin | 10 | 11 | −39 |
| Taş | 12 | 12 | −2 |
| Aktaş | 13 | 13 | −21 |
| Kılıç | 14 | 14 | +5 |
| Arslan | 15 | 15 | −27 |
| Acar | 16 | 16 | +15 |
| Yıldırım | 17 | 17 | −9 |
| Güneş | 18 | 18 | −10 |
| Tarhan | 19 | 19 | +13 |
| Sönmez | 20 | 20 | −6 |
| Işık | 24 | 21 | +24 |
| İnan | 22 | 22 | +3 |
| Ekinci | 23 | 23 | +2 |
| Çoban | 21 | 24 | −24 |
| Yalçın | 27 | 25 | +10 |
| Bulut | 28 | 26 | +13 |
| Akın | 26 | 27 | −8 |
| Aksoy | 29 | 28 | +28 |
| Erdoğan | 25 | 29 | −44 |
| Özkan | 30 | 30 | +13 |
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