Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 79
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Kilis
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kilis is Yılmaz: 2,843 people in 2025. It is a close race: Polat in second place is only 46 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2021 the most common surname here was Polat.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Kilis, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 2,843 | 18.1 | 1 |
| 02 | Polat | 2,797 | 17.8 | 19 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,654 | 16.9 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 2,179 | 13.8 | 2 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 2,071 | 13.2 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 1,742 | 11.1 | 5 |
| 07 | Korkmaz | 1,692 | 10.8 | 21 |
| 08 | Arslan | 1,611 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 09 | Şahin | 1,486 | 9.4 | 6 |
| 10 | Çelik | 1,466 | 9.3 | 4 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 1,384 | 8.8 | 10 |
| 12 | Doğan | 1,382 | 8.8 | 12 |
| 13 | Aslan | 1,325 | 8.4 | 14 |
| 14 | Kurt | 1,277 | 8.1 | 17 |
| 15= | Çetin | 863 | 5.5 | 15 |
| 15= | Yalçın | 863 | 5.5 | – |
| 16 | Özkan | 848 | 5.4 | 22 |
| 17 | Bozkurt | 841 | 5.3 | – |
| 18 | Kartal | 835 | 5.3 | – |
| 19 | Kara | 795 | 5.1 | 16 |
| 20 | Kuş | 748 | 4.8 | – |
| 21 | Can | 726 | 4.6 | 27 |
| 22 | Çelebi | 638 | 4.1 | – |
| 23 | Kaplan | 624 | 4.0 | – |
| 24 | Karakuş | 593 | 3.8 | – |
| 25 | Öztürk | 567 | 3.6 | 8 |
| 26 | Şahan | 555 | 3.5 | – |
| 27 | Karadaş | 530 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Tilki | 490 | 3.1 | – |
| 29 | Kılıç | 488 | 3.1 | 13 |
| 30 | Avcı | 487 | 3.1 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kilis’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 157,363 in 2025, about 18.1 in every 1,000 people in Kilis are called Yılmaz. The 31 listed surnames together cover 37,400 people, 23.8% of the population.1,2
Kilis lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 10.4% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 142,541 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 142,490 |
| 2020 | 142,792 |
| 2021 | 145,826 |
| 2022 | 147,919 |
| 2023 | 155,179 |
| 2024 | 156,739 |
| 2025 | 157,363 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- GaziantepGaziantep: also Yılmaz, with 44,667 people in 2025, 15.7 times as many as in Kilis.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Kilis’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 2,645 | Polat 2,584 | Demir 2,376 |
| 2019 | Yılmaz 2,571 | Polat 2,544 | Demir 2,377 |
| 2020 | Yılmaz 2,590 | Polat 2,573 | Demir 2,379 |
| 2021 | Polat 2,610 | Yılmaz 2,602 | Demir 2,397 |
| 2022 | Polat 2,654 | Yılmaz 2,633 | Demir 2,463 |
| 2023 | Yılmaz 2,813 | Polat 2,811 | Demir 2,611 |
| 2024 | Yılmaz 2,857 | Polat 2,820 | Demir 2,632 |
| 2025 | Yılmaz 2,843 | Polat 2,797 | Demir 2,654 |
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