Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 79
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Kilis 2022
The most common surname in Kilis is Polat (2,654 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Kilis. It is a close race: Yılmaz in second place is only 21 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Yılmaz.1
- First place
- Polat
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Kilis, 2022
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Polat | 2,654 | 17.9 | 19 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 2,633 | 17.8 | 1 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,463 | 16.7 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 2,015 | 13.6 | 2 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 1,997 | 13.5 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 1,620 | 11.0 | 5 |
| 07 | Korkmaz | 1,576 | 10.7 | 21 |
| 08 | Arslan | 1,534 | 10.4 | 11 |
| 09 | Şahin | 1,421 | 9.6 | 6 |
| 10 | Çelik | 1,337 | 9.0 | 4 |
| 11 | Özdemir | 1,325 | 9.0 | 10 |
| 12 | Doğan | 1,288 | 8.7 | 12 |
| 13 | Aslan | 1,252 | 8.5 | 14 |
| 14 | Kurt | 1,216 | 8.2 | 17 |
| 15 | Özkan | 846 | 5.7 | 22 |
| 16 | Yalçın | 845 | 5.7 | – |
| 17 | Çetin | 839 | 5.7 | 15 |
| 18= | Kara | 769 | 5.2 | 16 |
| 18= | Kartal | 769 | 5.2 | – |
| 19 | Bozkurt | 756 | 5.1 | – |
| 20 | Can | 707 | 4.8 | 27 |
| 21 | Kuş | 692 | 4.7 | – |
| 22 | Çelebi | 609 | 4.1 | – |
| 23 | Karakuş | 562 | 3.8 | – |
| 24 | Şahan | 539 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Kaplan | 530 | 3.6 | – |
| 26 | Öztürk | 511 | 3.5 | 8 |
| 27 | Karadaş | 502 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Akkurt | 481 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Tilki | 471 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Avcı | 460 | 3.1 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kilis’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 147,919 in 2022, about 17.9 in every 1,000 people in Kilis are called Polat. The 31 listed surnames together cover 35,219 people, 23.8% of the population.1,2
Kilis lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 3.8% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 142,541 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 142,490 |
| 2020 | 142,792 |
| 2021 | 145,826 |
| 2022 | 147,919 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (43,254 people); Polat, first in Kilis, ranks 7th there with 25,546.
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