Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 23
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Elazığ 2022
The most common surname in Elazığ is Yıldırım (12,274 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 3rd in Elazığ. Kaya is second with 10,815. Yıldırım has led Elazığ every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yıldırım
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Elazığ in 2022?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yıldırım | 12,274 | 20.8 | 7 |
| 02 | Kaya | 10,815 | 18.3 | 2 |
| 03 | Yılmaz | 9,820 | 16.6 | 1 |
| 04 | Çelik | 8,776 | 14.8 | 4 |
| 05 | Demir | 8,276 | 14.0 | 3 |
| 06 | Doğan | 7,896 | 13.3 | 12 |
| 07 | Yıldız | 7,716 | 13.0 | 5 |
| 08 | Özdemir | 6,498 | 11.0 | 10 |
| 09 | Aydın | 6,474 | 10.9 | 9 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 4,999 | 8.5 | 13 |
| 11 | Polat | 4,897 | 8.3 | 19 |
| 12 | Bulut | 4,357 | 7.4 | – |
| 13 | Öztürk | 3,751 | 6.3 | 8 |
| 14 | Arslan | 3,569 | 6.0 | 11 |
| 15 | Şahin | 3,448 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 16 | Aslan | 3,442 | 5.8 | 14 |
| 17 | Gül | 3,049 | 5.2 | – |
| 18 | Çiçek | 2,926 | 4.9 | – |
| 19 | Karabulut | 2,863 | 4.8 | – |
| 20 | Güneş | 2,727 | 4.6 | 29 |
| 21 | Taş | 2,619 | 4.4 | – |
| 22 | Karataş | 2,480 | 4.2 | – |
| 23 | Şimşek | 2,314 | 3.9 | 20 |
| 24 | Can | 2,242 | 3.8 | 27 |
| 25 | Ataş | 2,233 | 3.8 | – |
| 26 | Canpolat | 2,117 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Koç | 2,088 | 3.5 | 18 |
| 28 | Aydemir | 2,053 | 3.5 | – |
| 29 | Ateş | 1,927 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Yalçın | 1,926 | 3.3 | – |
How do these counts compare with Elazığ’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 591,497 in 2022, about 20.8 in every 1,000 people in Elazığ are called Yıldırım. The 30 listed surnames together cover 140,572 people, 23.8% of the population.1,2
Elazığ lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 0.7% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 595,638 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 591,098 |
| 2020 | 587,960 |
| 2021 | 588,088 |
| 2022 | 591,497 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingöl | Kaya3,940 | Demir3,328 | Yıldız2,413 |
| Diyarbakır | Kaya33,771 | Demir24,225 | Çelik23,785 |
| Erzincan | Yılmaz3,782 | Kaya3,126 | Demir3,051 |
| Malatya | Doğan10,624 | Şahin10,504 | Kaya10,102 |
| Tunceli | Demir1,442 | Yıldız1,421 | Çelik1,257 |
- BingölBingöl: Kaya leads (3,940 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 15th there with 1,072.
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (33,771 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 7th there with 13,859.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,782 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 5th there with 2,466.
- MalatyaMalatya: Doğan leads (10,624 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 5th there with 8,220.
- TunceliTunceli: Demir leads (1,442 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 5th there with 1,217.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Elazığ’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yıldırım 11,987 | Kaya 10,745 | Yılmaz 9,716 |
| 2019 | Yıldırım 12,046 | Kaya 10,712 | Yılmaz 9,745 |
| 2020 | Yıldırım 12,080 | Kaya 10,775 | Yılmaz 9,773 |
| 2021 | Yıldırım 12,188 | Kaya 10,775 | Yılmaz 9,827 |
| 2022 | Yıldırım 12,274 | Kaya 10,815 | Yılmaz 9,820 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Eastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2022 lists of the 14 provinces in the same region as Elazığ puts Kaya first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Kaya | 95,501 | 14 |
| Demir | 82,464 | 14 |
| Yılmaz | 70,307 | 14 |
| Çelik | 69,750 | 14 |
| Yıldız | 61,223 | 13 |
| Yıldırım | 57,163 | 13 |
| Aydın | 44,929 | 13 |
| Kılıç | 40,126 | 13 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Elazığ between 2021 and 2022?
In Elazığ’s top 30 list between 2021 and 2022, no new surname entered; 2 moved up, 2 moved down and 26 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2021 | 2022 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yıldırım | 1 | 1 | +86 |
| Kaya | 2 | 2 | +40 |
| Yılmaz | 3 | 3 | −7 |
| Çelik | 4 | 4 | −12 |
| Demir | 5 | 5 | −2 |
| Doğan | 6 | 6 | +34 |
| Yıldız | 7 | 7 | +71 |
| Özdemir | 8 | 8 | −9 |
| Aydın | 9 | 9 | −27 |
| Kılıç | 10 | 10 | +39 |
| Polat | 11 | 11 | −40 |
| Bulut | 12 | 12 | −4 |
| Öztürk | 13 | 13 | −4 |
| Arslan | 14 | 14 | +10 |
| Şahin | 16 | 15 | −1 |
| Aslan | 15 | 16 | −28 |
| Gül | 17 | 17 | +12 |
| Çiçek | 18 | 18 | +8 |
| Karabulut | 19 | 19 | +22 |
| Güneş | 20 | 20 | +13 |
| Taş | 21 | 21 | −5 |
| Karataş | 22 | 22 | +28 |
| Şimşek | 23 | 23 | +7 |
| Can | 24 | 24 | −41 |
| Ataş | 25 | 25 | +3 |
| Canpolat | 26 | 26 | −7 |
| Koç | 27 | 27 | +8 |
| Aydemir | 28 | 28 | −1 |
| Ateş | 30 | 29 | +9 |
| Yalçın | 29 | 30 | −6 |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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