Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 13
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Bitlis 2024
The most common surname in Bitlis is Demir (4,094 people, 2024). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 3rd in Bitlis. Çelik is second with 3,599. Demir has led Bitlis every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Bitlis, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 4,094 | 11.4 | 3 |
| 02 | Çelik | 3,599 | 10.0 | 4 |
| 03 | Yılmaz | 3,158 | 8.8 | 1 |
| 04 | Kaya | 3,092 | 8.6 | 2 |
| 05 | Özdemir | 2,877 | 8.0 | 10 |
| 06 | Aslan | 2,646 | 7.4 | 14 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 2,248 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 08 | Kaplan | 2,068 | 5.7 | – |
| 09 | Aydın | 2,038 | 5.7 | 9 |
| 10 | Kardaş | 2,006 | 5.6 | – |
| 11 | Taş | 1,926 | 5.4 | – |
| 12 | Çetin | 1,869 | 5.2 | 15 |
| 13 | Kılıç | 1,679 | 4.7 | 13 |
| 14 | Aktaş | 1,636 | 4.5 | 30 |
| 15 | Arslan | 1,461 | 4.1 | 11 |
| 16 | Güneş | 1,364 | 3.8 | 29 |
| 17 | Acar | 1,361 | 3.8 | 28 |
| 18 | Yıldırım | 1,348 | 3.7 | 7 |
| 19 | Sönmez | 1,150 | 3.2 | – |
| 20 | Bulut | 1,146 | 3.2 | – |
| 21 | Tarhan | 1,144 | 3.2 | – |
| 22 | Işık | 1,143 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | İnan | 1,105 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | Akın | 1,084 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Özkan | 1,080 | 3.0 | 22 |
| 26 | Çoban | 1,075 | 3.0 | – |
| 27 | Aksoy | 1,073 | 3.0 | – |
| 28 | Güler | 1,063 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Yalçın | 1,058 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Ekinci | 1,046 | 2.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Bitlis’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 359,808 in 2024, about 11.4 in every 1,000 people in Bitlis are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 53,637 people, 14.9% of the population.1,2
Bitlis lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.0% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 349,396 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 348,115 |
| 2020 | 350,994 |
| 2021 | 352,277 |
| 2022 | 353,988 |
| 2023 | 359,747 |
| 2024 | 359,808 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AğrıAğrı: Kaya leads (15,718 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 2nd there with 11,838.
- BatmanBatman: also Demir, with 12,496 people in 2024, 3.1 times as many as in Bitlis.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,679 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 2nd there with 5,770.
- SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,422 people); Demir, first in Bitlis, ranks 3rd there with 4,076.
- VanVan: also Demir, with 17,627 people in 2024, 4.3 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