Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 21

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Diyarbakır

The most common surname in Diyarbakır is Kaya (35,014 people, 2025). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Diyarbakır. Demir is second with 24,930. Kaya has led Diyarbakır every year since 2018.1

First place
Kaya
People
35,0141
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
18.92
Kaya
Population
1,852,3562
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Diyarbakır, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Kaya 35,014 18.9 2
02 Demir 24,930 13.5 3
03 Çelik 24,400 13.2 4
04 Aslan 21,878 11.8 14
05 Yıldız 21,326 11.5 5
06 Yılmaz 17,293 9.3 1
07 Yıldırım 14,276 7.7 7
08 Arslan 13,707 7.4 11
09 Aydın 13,502 7.3 9
10 Kılıç 13,477 7.3 13
11 Çiçek 12,373 6.7 –
12 Baran 10,838 5.9 –
13 Polat 10,450 5.6 19
14 Doğan 9,775 5.3 12
15 Kaplan 9,414 5.1 –
16 Kurt 9,204 5.0 17
17 Güneş 8,640 4.7 29
18 Tekin 8,298 4.5 –
19 Taş 8,272 4.5 –
20 Can 8,252 4.5 27
21 Güzel 8,169 4.4 –
22 Yaşar 7,682 4.1 –
23 Çetin 7,459 4.0 15
24 Ateş 7,009 3.8 –
25 Fidan 6,922 3.7 –
26 Özdemir 6,918 3.7 10
27 Şimşek 6,917 3.7 20
28 Şahin 6,582 3.6 6
29 Turan 6,571 3.5 –
30 Ekinci 6,445 3.5 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Diyarbakır’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 1,852,356 in 2025, about 18.9 in every 1,000 people in Diyarbakır are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 365,993 people, 19.8% of the population.1,2

Diyarbakır lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 6.9% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 1.75 m 1.8 m 1.85 m 20182019202020212022202320242025 1,732,396 1,756,353 1,783,431 1,791,373 1,804,880 1,818,133 1,833,684 1,852,356 TÜİK · ADNKS 1.75 m 1.8 m 1.85 m ’18’20’22’24’25 1,732,396 1,756,353 1,783,431 1,791,373 1,804,880 1,818,133 1,833,684 1,852,356
Population of Diyarbakır, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,594 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 2nd there with 8,175.
  • BatmanBatman: Demir leads (12,597 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 4th there with 8,963.
  • BingölBingöl: also Kaya, with 3,873 people in 2025, 11% of the figure in Diyarbakır.
  • ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,502 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 2nd there with 11,108.
  • MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (9,891 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 9,455.
  • MardinMardin: Demir leads (16,225 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 12,273.
  • MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,658 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 9th there with 3,868.
  • ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (61,607 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 33,035.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Diyarbakır’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Kaya 31,876Demir 23,175Çelik 22,825
2019 Kaya 32,492Demir 23,563Çelik 23,098
2020 Kaya 33,246Demir 23,914Çelik 23,562
2021 Kaya 33,503Demir 24,056Çelik 23,659
2022 Kaya 33,771Demir 24,225Çelik 23,785
2023 Kaya 34,156Demir 24,369Çelik 24,042
2024 Kaya 34,595Demir 24,607Çelik 24,106
2025 Kaya 35,014Demir 24,930Çelik 24,400

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries