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TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Hatay 2020
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Hatay is Yılmaz: 16,639 people in 2020. Kaya is second with 12,608. Yılmaz has led Hatay every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Hatay, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 16,639 | 10.0 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 12,608 | 7.6 | 2 |
| 03 | Arslan | 11,606 | 7.0 | 11 |
| 04 | Yıldız | 11,368 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 11,106 | 6.7 | 7 |
| 06 | Demir | 11,032 | 6.6 | 3 |
| 07 | Aslan | 9,913 | 6.0 | 14 |
| 08 | Kara | 8,601 | 5.2 | 16 |
| 09 | Çelik | 8,476 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 10 | Özdemir | 8,071 | 4.9 | 10 |
| 11 | Dönmez | 7,844 | 4.7 | – |
| 12 | Öztürk | 7,532 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 13 | Kurt | 7,154 | 4.3 | 17 |
| 14 | Şahin | 6,533 | 3.9 | 6 |
| 15 | Doğan | 6,353 | 3.8 | 12 |
| 16 | Ateş | 6,188 | 3.7 | – |
| 17 | Doğru | 6,055 | 3.6 | – |
| 18 | Aydın | 5,900 | 3.6 | 9 |
| 19 | Şanverdi | 5,707 | 3.4 | – |
| 20 | Kılıç | 5,494 | 3.3 | 13 |
| 21 | Güler | 5,489 | 3.3 | – |
| 22 | Korkmaz | 5,269 | 3.2 | 21 |
| 23 | Çolak | 5,133 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | Kılınç | 4,895 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Köse | 4,893 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Avcı | 4,831 | 2.9 | – |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 4,669 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Yalçın | 4,630 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Sönmez | 4,620 | 2.8 | – |
| 30 | Keskin | 4,561 | 2.7 | – |
How do these counts compare with Hatay’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,659,320 in 2020, about 10.0 in every 1,000 people in Hatay are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 223,170 people, 13.4% of the population.1,2
Hatay lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.1% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 1,609,856 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,628,894 |
| 2020 | 1,659,320 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 25,967 people in 2020, 1.6 times as many as in Hatay.
- GaziantepGaziantep: also Yılmaz, with 42,230 people in 2020, 2.5 times as many as in Hatay.
- OsmaniyeOsmaniye: Demir leads (5,274 people); Yılmaz, first in Hatay, ranks 2nd there with 5,058.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Hatay’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 16,136 | Kaya 12,238 | Arslan 11,302 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 16,326 | Kaya 12,356 | Arslan 11,418 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 16,639 | Kaya 12,608 | Arslan 11,606 |
| 2021 | Yılmaz 16,661 | Kaya 12,702 | Arslan 11,620 |
| 2022 | Yılmaz 16,714 | Kaya 12,944 | Arslan 11,700 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 15,189 | Kaya 11,841 | Arslan 10,875 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 15,332 | Kaya 11,989 | Arslan 11,029 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 15,515 | Kaya 12,124 | Arslan 11,189 |
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