Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 21
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Diyarbakır 2021
The most common surname in Diyarbakır is Kaya (33,503 people, 2021). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Diyarbakır. Demir is second with 24,056. Kaya has led Diyarbakır every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Diyarbakır, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 33,503 | 18.7 | 2 |
| 02 | Demir | 24,056 | 13.4 | 3 |
| 03 | Çelik | 23,659 | 13.2 | 4 |
| 04 | Aslan | 20,935 | 11.7 | 14 |
| 05 | Yıldız | 20,630 | 11.5 | 5 |
| 06 | Yılmaz | 16,728 | 9.3 | 1 |
| 07 | Yıldırım | 13,740 | 7.7 | 7 |
| 08 | Arslan | 13,046 | 7.3 | 11 |
| 09 | Kılıç | 12,974 | 7.2 | 13 |
| 10 | Aydın | 12,965 | 7.2 | 9 |
| 11 | Çiçek | 11,773 | 6.6 | – |
| 12 | Baran | 10,472 | 5.8 | – |
| 13 | Polat | 9,959 | 5.6 | 19 |
| 14 | Doğan | 9,459 | 5.3 | 12 |
| 15 | Kaplan | 9,105 | 5.1 | – |
| 16 | Kurt | 8,825 | 4.9 | 17 |
| 17 | Güneş | 8,499 | 4.7 | 29 |
| 18 | Can | 8,160 | 4.6 | 27 |
| 19 | Taş | 8,069 | 4.5 | – |
| 20 | Tekin | 7,997 | 4.5 | – |
| 21 | Güzel | 7,743 | 4.3 | – |
| 22 | Yaşar | 7,381 | 4.1 | – |
| 23 | Çetin | 7,220 | 4.0 | 15 |
| 24 | Ateş | 6,846 | 3.8 | – |
| 25 | Fidan | 6,776 | 3.8 | – |
| 26 | Özdemir | 6,745 | 3.8 | 10 |
| 27 | Şimşek | 6,571 | 3.7 | 20 |
| 28 | Turan | 6,314 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Ekinci | 6,292 | 3.5 | – |
| 30 | Şahin | 6,235 | 3.5 | 6 |
How do these counts compare with Diyarbakır’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,791,373 in 2021, about 18.7 in every 1,000 people in Diyarbakır are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 352,677 people, 19.7% of the population.1,2
Diyarbakır lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.4% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 1,732,396 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,756,353 |
| 2020 | 1,783,431 |
| 2021 | 1,791,373 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,831 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 4th there with 8,250.
- BatmanBatman: Demir leads (11,929 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 4th there with 8,524.
- BingölBingöl: also Kaya, with 3,958 people in 2021, 12% of the figure in Diyarbakır.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,188 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 2nd there with 10,775.
- MalatyaMalatya: Doğan leads (10,638 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 10,017.
- MardinMardin: Demir leads (15,380 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 11,827.
- MuşMuş: Çelik leads (6,944 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 8th there with 4,184.
- ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (56,681 people); Kaya, first in Diyarbakır, ranks 3rd there with 31,117.
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