Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 27

TÜİK · ADNKS 2019

The most common surnames in Gaziantep 2019

As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Gaziantep is Yılmaz: 41,477 people in 2019. Kaya is second with 35,529. Yılmaz has led Gaziantep every year since 2018.1

First place
Yılmaz
People
41,4771
ADNKS 2019
Per 1,000
20.02
Yılmaz
Population
2,069,3642
ADNKS 2019
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Gaziantep, 2019

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Yılmaz 41,477 20.0 1
02 Kaya 35,529 17.2 2
03 Demir 33,676 16.3 3
04 Yıldırım 27,865 13.5 7
05 Çelik 26,803 13.0 4
06 Aslan 26,525 12.8 14
07 Polat 24,202 11.7 19
08 Özdemir 23,277 11.2 10
09 Doğan 22,265 10.8 12
10 Kılıç 21,165 10.2 13
11 Şahin 20,836 10.1 6
12 Yıldız 18,728 9.1 5
13 Bozkurt 17,003 8.2 –
14 Öztürk 14,780 7.1 8
15 Kurt 14,120 6.8 17
16 Arslan 14,045 6.8 11
17 Kaplan 13,347 6.4 –
18 Korkmaz 13,300 6.4 21
19 Güneş 10,042 4.9 29
20 Kılınç 9,081 4.4 –
21 Yaşar 8,566 4.1 –
22 Şimşek 8,240 4.0 20
23 Kara 8,092 3.9 16
24 Çetin 7,996 3.9 15
25 Avcı 7,769 3.8 –
26 Yavuz 7,103 3.4 25
27 Taş 6,992 3.4 –
28 Yalçın 6,966 3.4 –
29 Bulut 6,747 3.3 –
30 Ateş 6,708 3.2 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2019, 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 Gaziantep’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 2,069,364 in 2019, about 20.0 in every 1,000 people in Gaziantep are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 503,245 people, 24.3% of the population.1,2

Gaziantep lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.0% between 2018 and 2019.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 2.04 m 2.06 m 20182019 2,028,563 2,069,364 TÜİK · ADNKS 2.04 m 2.06 m ’18’19 2,028,563 2,069,364
Population of Gaziantep, 2018–2019 Vertical axis does not start at zero.
Population of Gaziantep, 2018–2019
20182,028,563
20192,069,364

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,847 people); Yılmaz, first in Gaziantep, ranks 6th there with 7,050.
  • HatayHatay: also Yılmaz, with 16,326 people in 2019, 39% of the figure in Gaziantep.
  • KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,517 people); Yılmaz, first in Gaziantep, ranks 5th there with 10,216.
  • KilisKilis: also Yılmaz, with 2,571 people in 2019, 6% of the figure in Gaziantep.
  • OsmaniyeOsmaniye: Demir leads (5,238 people); Yılmaz, first in Gaziantep, ranks 2nd there with 5,036.
  • ŞanlıurfaŞanlıurfa: Demir leads (54,319 people); Yılmaz, first in Gaziantep, ranks 10th there with 15,721.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Gaziantep’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Yılmaz 40,816Kaya 34,828Demir 33,053
2019 Yılmaz 41,477Kaya 35,529Demir 33,676
2020 Yılmaz 42,230Kaya 36,149Demir 34,511
2021 Yılmaz 42,728Kaya 36,609Demir 35,039
2022 Yılmaz 43,254Kaya 37,157Demir 35,507
2023 Yılmaz 43,585Kaya 37,374Demir 35,797
2024 Yılmaz 44,195Kaya 37,808Demir 36,292
2025 Yılmaz 44,667Kaya 38,340Demir 36,919

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