Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 23

TÜİK · ADNKS 2024

The most common surnames in Elazığ 2024

The most common surname in Elazığ is Yıldırım (12,393 people, 2024). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 3rd in Elazığ. Kaya is second with 11,035. Yıldırım has led Elazığ every year since 2018.1

First place
Yıldırım
People
12,3931
ADNKS 2024
Per 1,000
20.52
Yıldırım
Population
603,9412
ADNKS 2024
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Elazığ, 2024

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yıldırım 12,393 20.5 7
02 Kaya 11,035 18.3 2
03 Yılmaz 9,891 16.4 1
04 Çelik 8,906 14.7 4
05 Demir 8,457 14.0 3
06 Doğan 8,046 13.3 12
07 Yıldız 7,828 13.0 5
08 Aydın 6,575 10.9 9
09 Özdemir 6,553 10.9 10
10 Kılıç 5,097 8.4 13
11 Polat 4,949 8.2 19
12 Bulut 4,437 7.3 –
13 Öztürk 3,830 6.3 8
14 Arslan 3,612 6.0 11
15 Aslan 3,592 5.9 14
16 Şahin 3,517 5.8 6
17 Gül 3,092 5.1 –
18 Çiçek 2,906 4.8 –
19 Karabulut 2,855 4.7 –
20 Güneş 2,787 4.6 29
21 Taş 2,601 4.3 –
22 Karataş 2,526 4.2 –
23 Şimşek 2,372 3.9 20
24 Can 2,305 3.8 27
25 Ataş 2,285 3.8 –
26 Canpolat 2,176 3.6 –
27 Aydemir 2,126 3.5 –
28 Koç 2,097 3.5 18
29 Ateş 1,996 3.3 –
30 Yalçın 1,955 3.2 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2024, 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 Elazığ’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 603,941 in 2024, about 20.5 in every 1,000 people in Elazığ are called Yıldırım. The 30 listed surnames together cover 142,797 people, 23.6% of the population.1,2

Elazığ lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.4% between 2018 and 2024.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 590 k 600 k 2018201920202021202220232024 595,638 591,098 587,960 588,088 591,497 604,411 603,941 TÜİK · ADNKS 590 k 600 k ’18’20’22’24 595,638 591,098 587,960 588,088 591,497 604,411 603,941
Population of Elazığ, 2018–2024 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • BingölBingöl: Kaya leads (3,929 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 16th there with 1,043.
  • DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (34,595 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 7th there with 14,108.
  • ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,787 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 5th there with 2,459.
  • MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (9,912 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 5th there with 7,655.
  • TunceliTunceli: Yıldız leads (1,458 people); Yıldırım, first in Elazığ, ranks 5th there with 1,260.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Elazığ’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yıldırım 11,987Kaya 10,745Yılmaz 9,716
2019 Yıldırım 12,046Kaya 10,712Yılmaz 9,745
2020 Yıldırım 12,080Kaya 10,775Yılmaz 9,773
2021 Yıldırım 12,188Kaya 10,775Yılmaz 9,827
2022 Yıldırım 12,274Kaya 10,815Yılmaz 9,820
2023 Yıldırım 12,379Kaya 10,983Yılmaz 9,952
2024 Yıldırım 12,393Kaya 11,035Yılmaz 9,891
2025 Yıldırım 12,502Kaya 11,108Yılmaz 9,923

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