Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 13
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Bitlis 2022
The most common surname in Bitlis is Demir (4,049 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 3rd in Bitlis. Çelik is second with 3,683. Demir has led Bitlis every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bitlis, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 4,049 | 11.4 | 3 |
| 02 | Çelik | 3,683 | 10.4 | 4 |
| 03 | Yılmaz | 3,085 | 8.7 | 1 |
| 04 | Kaya | 3,059 | 8.6 | 2 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 2,793 | 7.9 | 10 |
| 06 | Aslan | 2,600 | 7.3 | 14 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 2,247 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 08 | Kardaş | 2,042 | 5.8 | – |
| 09 | Aydın | 2,024 | 5.7 | 9 |
| 10 | Kaplan | 2,005 | 5.7 | – |
| 11 | Çetin | 1,887 | 5.3 | 15 |
| 12 | Taş | 1,885 | 5.3 | – |
| 13 | Kılıç | 1,599 | 4.5 | 13 |
| 14 | Aktaş | 1,597 | 4.5 | 30 |
| 15 | Arslan | 1,448 | 4.1 | 11 |
| 16 | Acar | 1,334 | 3.8 | 28 |
| 17 | Yıldırım | 1,283 | 3.6 | 7 |
| 18 | Güneş | 1,272 | 3.6 | 29 |
| 19 | Sönmez | 1,171 | 3.3 | – |
| 20 | Tarhan | 1,160 | 3.3 | – |
| 21 | Bulut | 1,123 | 3.2 | – |
| 22 | Işık | 1,118 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | Çoban | 1,114 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | İnan | 1,096 | 3.1 | – |
| 25 | Aksoy | 1,080 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Özkan | 1,066 | 3.0 | 22 |
| 27 | Ekinci | 1,061 | 3.0 | – |
| 28 | Akın | 1,058 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Yalçın | 1,053 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Erdoğan | 1,017 | 2.9 | 26 |
How do these counts compare with Bitlis’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 353,988 in 2022, about 11.4 in every 1,000 people in Bitlis are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 53,009 people, 15.0% of the population.1,2
Bitlis lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.3% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 349,396 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 348,115 |
| 2020 | 350,994 |
| 2021 | 352,277 |
| 2022 | 353,988 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AğrıAğrı: Kaya leads (16,143 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 2nd there with 12,217.
- BatmanBatman: also Demir, with 12,059 people in 2022, 3.0 times as many as in Bitlis.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,866 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 2nd there with 5,805.
- SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,381 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 3rd there with 3,991.
- VanVan: also Demir, with 17,709 people in 2022, 4.4 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