Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 36
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Kars 2023
The most common surname in Kars is Kaya (6,168 people, 2023). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 5th in Kars. Aydın is second with 5,707. Kaya has led Kars every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Kaya
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kars, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kaya | 6,168 | 22.2 | 2 |
| 02 | Aydın | 5,707 | 20.5 | 9 |
| 03 | Yıldız | 5,385 | 19.3 | 5 |
| 04 | Çelik | 3,843 | 13.8 | 4 |
| 05 | Yılmaz | 3,776 | 13.6 | 1 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 3,511 | 12.6 | 7 |
| 07 | Demir | 3,222 | 11.6 | 3 |
| 08 | Aras | 2,215 | 8.0 | – |
| 09 | Bulut | 2,206 | 7.9 | – |
| 10 | Öztürk | 2,178 | 7.8 | 8 |
| 11 | Polat | 2,152 | 7.7 | 19 |
| 12 | Güneş | 2,023 | 7.3 | 29 |
| 13 | Kılıç | 1,971 | 7.1 | 13 |
| 14 | Turan | 1,843 | 6.6 | – |
| 15 | Doğan | 1,741 | 6.3 | 12 |
| 16 | Aktaş | 1,618 | 5.8 | 30 |
| 17 | Altun | 1,567 | 5.6 | – |
| 18 | Aslan | 1,528 | 5.5 | 14 |
| 19 | Karadağ | 1,294 | 4.6 | – |
| 20 | Koç | 1,256 | 4.5 | 18 |
| 21 | Özdemir | 1,224 | 4.4 | 10 |
| 22 | Taş | 1,163 | 4.2 | – |
| 23 | Can | 1,120 | 4.0 | 27 |
| 24 | Ekinci | 1,030 | 3.7 | – |
| 25 | Arslan | 1,016 | 3.7 | 11 |
| 26 | Gündüz | 995 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Oğul | 956 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Vargün | 932 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Erkmen | 918 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Karataş | 896 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kars’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 278,335 in 2023, about 22.2 in every 1,000 people in Kars are called Kaya. The 30 listed surnames together cover 65,454 people, 23.5% of the population.1,2
Kars lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 3.6% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 288,878 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 285,410 |
| 2020 | 284,923 |
| 2021 | 281,077 |
| 2022 | 274,829 |
| 2023 | 278,335 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AğrıAğrı: also Kaya, with 15,970 people in 2023, 2.6 times as many as in Kars.
- ArdahanArdahan: Yılmaz leads (3,049 people); Kaya, first in Kars, ranks 4th there with 1,734.
- ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,766 people); Kaya, first in Kars, ranks 2nd there with 10,558.
- IğdırIğdır: Aras leads (2,881 people); Kaya, first in Kars, ranks 2nd there with 2,794.
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