Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Mediterranean Region·Code 46

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Kahramanmaraş

The most common surname in Kahramanmaraş is Demir (14,767 people, 2025). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 4th in Kahramanmaraş. Kurt is second with 10,703. Demir has led Kahramanmaraş every year since 2018.1

First place
Demir
People
14,7671
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
12.92
Demir
Population
1,146,2782
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Kahramanmaraş, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Demir 14,767 12.9 3
02 Kurt 10,703 9.3 17
03 Kaya 10,414 9.1 2
04 Yılmaz 10,349 9.0 1
05 Doğan 10,289 9.0 12
06 Yıldız 9,036 7.9 5
07 Özdemir 8,096 7.1 10
08 Şahin 7,706 6.7 6
09 Kara 7,394 6.5 16
10 Köse 7,032 6.1 –
11 Gül 6,915 6.0 –
12 Arslan 6,782 5.9 11
13 Yıldırım 6,607 5.8 7
14 Kılınç 6,220 5.4 –
15 Gök 5,614 4.9 –
16 Bolat 5,237 4.6 –
17 Güneş 5,049 4.4 29
18 Çam 5,004 4.4 –
19 Koca 4,640 4.0 –
20 Polat 4,488 3.9 19
21 Ceyhan 4,347 3.8 –
22 Kaplan 4,028 3.5 –
23 Taş 3,913 3.4 –
24 Topal 3,900 3.4 –
25 Öztürk 3,757 3.3 8
26 Avcı 3,644 3.2 –
27 Sarı 3,615 3.2 –
28 Demirci 3,575 3.1 –
29 Aslan 3,540 3.1 14
30 Dağ 3,515 3.1 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, 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 Kahramanmaraş’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 1,146,278 in 2025, about 12.9 in every 1,000 people in Kahramanmaraş are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 190,176 people, 16.6% of the population.1,2

Kahramanmaraş lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.1% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 1.13 m 1.15 m 1.18 m 20182019202020212022202320242025 1,144,851 1,154,102 1,168,163 1,171,298 1,177,436 1,116,618 1,134,105 1,146,278 TÜİK · ADNKS 1.13 m 1.15 m 1.18 m ’18’20’22’24’25 1,144,851 1,154,102 1,168,163 1,171,298 1,177,436 1,116,618 1,134,105 1,146,278
Population of Kahramanmaraş, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AdanaAdana: Yılmaz leads (26,146 people); Demir, first in Kahramanmaraş, ranks 3rd there with 22,676.
  • AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,594 people); Demir, first in Kahramanmaraş, ranks 3rd there with 8,096.
  • GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (44,667 people); Demir, first in Kahramanmaraş, ranks 3rd there with 36,919.
  • KayseriKayseri: Yılmaz leads (19,616 people); Demir, first in Kahramanmaraş, ranks 8th there with 11,022.
  • MalatyaMalatya: Şahin leads (9,891 people); Demir, first in Kahramanmaraş, ranks 7th there with 6,799.
  • OsmaniyeOsmaniye: also Demir, with 5,600 people in 2025, 38% of the figure in Kahramanmaraş.
  • SivasSivas: Yılmaz leads (11,172 people); Demir, first in Kahramanmaraş, ranks 10th there with 5,849.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Kahramanmaraş’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Demir 14,428Doğan 10,719Kaya 10,434
2019 Demir 14,517Doğan 10,729Kaya 10,450
2020 Demir 14,730Doğan 10,817Kaya 10,577
2021 Demir 14,825Doğan 10,795Kaya 10,671
2022 Demir 14,921Doğan 10,724Kurt 10,707
2023 Demir 14,290Kurt 10,291Kaya 10,144
2024 Demir 14,549Kurt 10,476Kaya 10,308
2025 Demir 14,767Kurt 10,703Kaya 10,414

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