Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 79
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Kilis 2023
As in Türkiye as a whole, the most common surname in Kilis is Yılmaz: 2,813 people in 2023. It is a close race: Polat in second place is only 2 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2021 the most common surname here was Polat.1
- First place
- Yılmaz
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Kilis in 2023?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yılmaz | 2,813 | 18.1 | 1 |
| 02 | Polat | 2,811 | 18.1 | 19 |
| 03 | Demir | 2,611 | 16.8 | 3 |
| 04 | Kaya | 2,142 | 13.8 | 2 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 2,102 | 13.5 | 7 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 1,724 | 11.1 | 5 |
| 07 | Korkmaz | 1,655 | 10.7 | 21 |
| 08 | Arslan | 1,585 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 09 | Şahin | 1,466 | 9.4 | 6 |
| 10 | Çelik | 1,428 | 9.2 | 4 |
| 11 | Doğan | 1,423 | 9.2 | 12 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 1,418 | 9.1 | 10 |
| 13 | Aslan | 1,348 | 8.7 | 14 |
| 14 | Kurt | 1,255 | 8.1 | 17 |
| 15 | Yalçın | 879 | 5.7 | – |
| 16 | Çetin | 871 | 5.6 | 15 |
| 17 | Özkan | 862 | 5.6 | 22 |
| 18 | Kartal | 828 | 5.3 | – |
| 19 | Bozkurt | 809 | 5.2 | – |
| 20 | Kara | 805 | 5.2 | 16 |
| 21 | Kuş | 719 | 4.6 | – |
| 22 | Can | 707 | 4.6 | 27 |
| 23 | Çelebi | 671 | 4.3 | – |
| 24 | Kaplan | 572 | 3.7 | – |
| 25 | Şahan | 566 | 3.6 | – |
| 26 | Öztürk | 564 | 3.6 | 8 |
| 27 | Karakuş | 556 | 3.6 | – |
| 28 | Karadaş | 503 | 3.2 | – |
| 29 | Akkurt | 492 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Avcı | 490 | 3.2 | – |
How do these counts compare with Kilis’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 155,179 in 2023, about 18.1 in every 1,000 people in Kilis are called Yılmaz. The 30 listed surnames together cover 36,675 people, 23.6% of the population.1,2
Kilis lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 8.9% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 142,541 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 142,490 |
| 2020 | 142,792 |
| 2021 | 145,826 |
| 2022 | 147,919 |
| 2023 | 155,179 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- GaziantepGaziantep: also Yılmaz, with 43,585 people in 2023, 15.5 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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Southeastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2023 lists of the 9 provinces in the same region as Kilis puts Demir first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Demir | 168,364 | 9 |
| Kaya | 141,678 | 9 |
| Yılmaz | 108,766 | 9 |
| Çelik | 107,567 | 8 |
| Aslan | 106,585 | 9 |
| Yıldız | 91,393 | 9 |
| Yıldırım | 84,559 | 9 |
| Doğan | 72,348 | 7 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Kilis between 2022 and 2023?
In Kilis’s top 30 list between 2022 and 2023, no new surname entered; 5 moved up, 10 moved down and 15 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2022 | 2023 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yılmaz | 2 | 1 | +180 |
| Polat | 1 | 2 | +157 |
| Demir | 3 | 3 | +148 |
| Kaya | 4 | 4 | +127 |
| Yıldırım | 5 | 5 | +105 |
| Yıldız | 6 | 6 | +104 |
| Korkmaz | 7 | 7 | +79 |
| Arslan | 8 | 8 | +51 |
| Şahin | 9 | 9 | +45 |
| Çelik | 10 | 10 | +91 |
| Doğan | 12 | 11 | +135 |
| Özdemir | 11 | 12 | +93 |
| Aslan | 13 | 13 | +96 |
| Kurt | 14 | 14 | +39 |
| Yalçın | 16 | 15 | +34 |
| Çetin | 17 | 16 | +32 |
| Özkan | 15 | 17 | +16 |
| Kartal | 18 | 18 | +59 |
| Bozkurt | 19 | 19 | +53 |
| Kara | 18 | 20 | +36 |
| Kuş | 21 | 21 | +27 |
| Can | 20 | 22 | ±0 |
| Çelebi | 22 | 23 | +62 |
| Kaplan | 25 | 24 | +42 |
| Şahan | 24 | 25 | +27 |
| Öztürk | 26 | 26 | +53 |
| Karakuş | 23 | 27 | −6 |
| Karadaş | 27 | 28 | +1 |
| Akkurt | 28 | 29 | +11 |
| Avcı | 30 | 30 | +30 |
| Tilki | 29 | Left | — |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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