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TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Hatay 2024
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Hatay is Yılmaz: 15,332 people in 2024. Kaya is second with 11,989. Yılmaz has led Hatay every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Hatay, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 15,332 | 9.8 | 1 |
| 02 | Kaya | 11,989 | 7.7 | 2 |
| 03 | Arslan | 11,029 | 7.1 | 11 |
| 04 | Yıldız | 10,738 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 05 | Demir | 10,639 | 6.8 | 3 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 10,368 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 07 | Aslan | 9,184 | 5.9 | 14 |
| 08 | Kara | 8,307 | 5.3 | 16 |
| 09 | Çelik | 8,009 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 10 | Dönmez | 7,548 | 4.8 | – |
| 11 | Özdemir | 7,316 | 4.7 | 10 |
| 12 | Öztürk | 7,189 | 4.6 | 8 |
| 13 | Kurt | 6,742 | 4.3 | 17 |
| 14 | Şahin | 6,154 | 3.9 | 6 |
| 15 | Şanverdi | 6,037 | 3.9 | – |
| 16 | Doğru | 5,784 | 3.7 | – |
| 17 | Doğan | 5,766 | 3.7 | 12 |
| 18 | Ateş | 5,685 | 3.6 | – |
| 19 | Aydın | 5,502 | 3.5 | 9 |
| 20 | Güler | 5,249 | 3.4 | – |
| 21 | Kılıç | 5,200 | 3.3 | 13 |
| 22 | Korkmaz | 4,906 | 3.1 | 21 |
| 23 | Çolak | 4,795 | 3.1 | – |
| 24 | Kılınç | 4,666 | 3.0 | – |
| 25 | Avcı | 4,591 | 2.9 | – |
| 26 | Köse | 4,488 | 2.9 | – |
| 27 | Keskin | 4,373 | 2.8 | – |
| 28 | Yalçın | 4,349 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Bozkurt | 4,290 | 2.7 | – |
| 30 | Çetin | 4,223 | 2.7 | 15 |
How do these counts compare with Hatay’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 1,562,185 in 2024, about 9.8 in every 1,000 people in Hatay are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 210,448 people, 13.5% of the population.1,2
Hatay lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 3.0% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 1,609,856 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,628,894 |
| 2020 | 1,659,320 |
| 2021 | 1,670,712 |
| 2022 | 1,686,043 |
| 2023 | 1,544,640 |
| 2024 | 1,562,185 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: also Yılmaz, with 26,063 people in 2024, 1.7 times as many as in Hatay.
- GaziantepGaziantep: also Yılmaz, with 44,195 people in 2024, 2.9 times as many as in Hatay.
- OsmaniyeOsmaniye: Demir leads (5,501 people); Yılmaz, first in Hatay, ranks 2nd there with 5,176.
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