Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 21
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Diyarbakır 2018
The most common surname in Diyarbakır is Kaya (31,876 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Diyarbakır. Demir is second with 23,175. Kaya has led Diyarbakır every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Diyarbakır, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 31,876 | 18.4 | 2 |
| 02 | Demir | 23,175 | 13.4 | 3 |
| 03 | Çelik | 22,825 | 13.2 | 4 |
| 04 | Aslan | 20,031 | 11.6 | 14 |
| 05 | Yıldız | 19,807 | 11.4 | 5 |
| 06 | Yılmaz | 16,164 | 9.3 | 1 |
| 07 | Yıldırım | 13,268 | 7.7 | 7 |
| 08 | Arslan | 12,557 | 7.2 | 11 |
| 09 | Aydın | 12,545 | 7.2 | 9 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 12,498 | 7.2 | 13 |
| 11 | Çiçek | 11,428 | 6.6 | – |
| 12 | Baran | 10,156 | 5.9 | – |
| 13 | Polat | 9,556 | 5.5 | 19 |
| 14 | Doğan | 9,289 | 5.4 | 12 |
| 15 | Kaplan | 8,840 | 5.1 | – |
| 16 | Kurt | 8,405 | 4.9 | 17 |
| 17 | Güneş | 8,204 | 4.7 | 29 |
| 18 | Can | 7,908 | 4.6 | 27 |
| 19 | Taş | 7,751 | 4.5 | – |
| 20 | Tekin | 7,643 | 4.4 | – |
| 21 | Güzel | 7,425 | 4.3 | – |
| 22 | Yaşar | 7,093 | 4.1 | – |
| 23 | Çetin | 6,887 | 4.0 | 15 |
| 24 | Ateş | 6,651 | 3.8 | – |
| 25 | Fidan | 6,612 | 3.8 | – |
| 26 | Özdemir | 6,474 | 3.7 | 10 |
| 27 | Şimşek | 6,296 | 3.6 | 20 |
| 28 | Şahin | 6,130 | 3.5 | 6 |
| 29 | Turan | 6,082 | 3.5 | – |
| 30 | Ekinci | 6,041 | 3.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Diyarbakır’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,732,396 in 2018, about 18.4 in every 1,000 people in Diyarbakır are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 339,617 people, 19.6% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,866 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 4th there with 8,079.
- BatmanBatman: Demir leads (11,376 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 4th there with 8,137.
- BingölBingöl: also Kaya, with 3,875 people in 2018, 12% of the figure in Diyarbakır.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (11,987 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 2nd there with 10,745.
- MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (10,528 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 9,799.
- MardinMardin: Demir leads (14,826 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 11,350.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,973 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 8th there with 4,326.
- ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (53,048 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 29,514.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Diyarbakır’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kaya 31,876 | Demir 23,175 | Çelik 22,825 |
| 2019 | Kaya 32,492 | Demir 23,563 | Çelik 23,098 |
| 2020 | Kaya 33,246 | Demir 23,914 | Çelik 23,562 |
| 2021 | Kaya 33,503 | Demir 24,056 | Çelik 23,659 |
| 2022 | Kaya 33,771 | Demir 24,225 | Çelik 23,785 |
| 2023 | Kaya 34,156 | Demir 24,369 | Çelik 24,042 |
| 2024 | Kaya 34,595 | Demir 24,607 | Çelik 24,106 |
| 2025 | Kaya 35,014 | Demir 24,930 | Çelik 24,400 |
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