Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 79
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Kilis 2018
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kilis is Yılmaz: 2,645 people in 2018. It is a close race: Polat in second place is only 61 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Polat.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Kilis, 2018
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 2,645 | 18.6 | 1 |
| 02 | Polat | 2,584 | 18.1 | 19 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,376 | 16.7 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 2,002 | 14.0 | 2 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 1,934 | 13.6 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 1,622 | 11.4 | 5 |
| 07 | Korkmaz | 1,577 | 11.1 | 21 |
| 08 | Arslan | 1,486 | 10.4 | 11 |
| 09 | Şahin | 1,441 | 10.1 | 6 |
| 10 | Çelik | 1,323 | 9.3 | 4 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 1,299 | 9.1 | 10 |
| 12 | Doğan | 1,224 | 8.6 | 12 |
| 13 | Aslan | 1,223 | 8.6 | 14 |
| 14 | Kurt | 1,108 | 7.8 | 17 |
| 15 | Yalçın | 858 | 6.0 | – |
| 16 | Çetin | 852 | 6.0 | 15 |
| 17 | Özkan | 848 | 5.9 | 22 |
| 18 | Kara | 759 | 5.3 | 16 |
| 19 | Kartal | 749 | 5.3 | – |
| 20 | Can | 737 | 5.2 | 27 |
| 21 | Bozkurt | 734 | 5.1 | – |
| 22 | Şahan | 730 | 5.1 | – |
| 23 | Kuş | 664 | 4.7 | – |
| 24 | Çelebi | 625 | 4.4 | – |
| 25 | Karakuş | 548 | 3.8 | – |
| 26 | Akkurt | 528 | 3.7 | – |
| 27 | Kaplan | 521 | 3.7 | – |
| 28 | Öztürk | 511 | 3.6 | 8 |
| 29 | Ağcabay | 504 | 3.5 | – |
| 30 | Karadaş | 493 | 3.5 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kilis’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 142,541 in 2018, about 18.6 in every 1,000 people in Kilis are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 34,505 people, 24.2% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- GaziantepGaziantep: also Yılmaz, with 40,816 people in 2018, 15.4 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