Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 36
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Kars 2018
The most common surname in Kars is Kaya (6,299 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 5th in Kars. Aydın is second with 5,891. Kaya has led Kars every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Kars, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 6,299 | 21.8 | 2 |
| 02 | Aydın | 5,891 | 20.4 | 9 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 5,745 | 19.9 | 5 |
| 04 | Çelik | 4,023 | 13.9 | 4 |
| 05 | Yılmaz | 3,984 | 13.8 | 1 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 3,539 | 12.3 | 7 |
| 07 | Demir | 3,163 | 10.9 | 3 |
| 08 | Aras | 2,391 | 8.3 | – |
| 09 | Bulut | 2,330 | 8.1 | – |
| 10 | Polat | 2,324 | 8.0 | 19 |
| 11 | Öztürk | 2,264 | 7.8 | 8 |
| 12 | Güneş | 2,135 | 7.4 | 29 |
| 13 | Kılıç | 2,090 | 7.2 | 13 |
| 14 | Turan | 1,814 | 6.3 | – |
| 15 | Doğan | 1,767 | 6.1 | 12 |
| 16 | Aktaş | 1,728 | 6.0 | 30 |
| 17 | Altun | 1,599 | 5.5 | – |
| 18 | Aslan | 1,516 | 5.2 | 14 |
| 19 | Karadağ | 1,357 | 4.7 | – |
| 20 | Özdemir | 1,343 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 21 | Koç | 1,327 | 4.6 | 18 |
| 22 | Taş | 1,225 | 4.2 | – |
| 23 | Can | 1,146 | 4.0 | 27 |
| 24 | Ekinci | 1,027 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Arslan | 1,011 | 3.5 | 11 |
| 26 | Gündüz | 990 | 3.4 | – |
| 27= | Erkmen | 945 | 3.3 | – |
| 27= | Karataş | 945 | 3.3 | – |
| 28 | Vargün | 940 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Bozkurt | 914 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Alkan | 905 | 3.1 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kars’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 288,878 in 2018, about 21.8 in every 1,000 people in Kars are called Kaya. The 31 listed surnames together cover 68,677 people, 23.8% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AğrıAğrı: also Kaya, with 16,981 people in 2018, 2.7 times as many as in Kars.
- ArdahanArdahan: Yılmaz leads (3,131 people); Kaya, first in Kars, ranks 4th there with 1,838.
- ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (11,067 people); Kaya, first in Kars, ranks 2nd there with 10,700.
- IğdırIğdır: Aras leads (2,788 people); Kaya, first in Kars, ranks 2nd there with 2,694.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Kars’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kaya 6,299 | Aydın 5,891 | Yıldız 5,745 |
| 2019 | Kaya 6,274 | Aydın 5,883 | Yıldız 5,722 |
| 2020 | Kaya 6,275 | Aydın 5,892 | Yıldız 5,657 |
| 2021 | Kaya 6,170 | Aydın 5,842 | Yıldız 5,541 |
| 2022 | Kaya 6,170 | Aydın 5,736 | Yıldız 5,409 |
| 2023 | Kaya 6,168 | Aydın 5,707 | Yıldız 5,385 |
| 2024 | Kaya 6,155 | Aydın 5,654 | Yıldız 5,296 |
| 2025 | Kaya 6,129 | Aydın 5,608 | Yıldız 5,191 |
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