Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 44
TÜİK · ADNKS 2018The most common surnames in Malatya 2018
The most common surname in Malatya is Şahin (10,528 people, 2018). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 4th in Malatya. It is a close race: Doğan in second place is only 27 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Doğan.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 311
Which surnames are most common in Malatya in 2018?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 10,528 | 13.2 | 6 |
| 02 | Doğan | 10,501 | 13.2 | 12 |
| 03 | Kaya | 9,799 | 12.3 | 2 |
| 04 | Yılmaz | 9,232 | 11.6 | 1 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 8,132 | 10.2 | 7 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 7,444 | 9.3 | 10 |
| 07 | Demir | 6,957 | 8.7 | 3 |
| 08 | Aslan | 6,900 | 8.7 | 14 |
| 09 | Çelik | 6,323 | 7.9 | 4 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 5,458 | 6.8 | 13 |
| 11 | Korkmaz | 4,688 | 5.9 | 21 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 4,268 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 13 | Polat | 3,916 | 4.9 | 19 |
| 14 | Öztürk | 3,582 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 15 | Koç | 3,504 | 4.4 | 18 |
| 16 | Yiğit | 3,496 | 4.4 | – |
| 17 | Arslan | 3,493 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 18 | Aydın | 3,407 | 4.3 | 9 |
| 19 | Güler | 3,343 | 4.2 | – |
| 20 | Fırat | 2,950 | 3.7 | – |
| 21 | Karakuş | 2,777 | 3.5 | – |
| 22= | Karaca | 2,776 | 3.5 | – |
| 22= | Özcan | 2,776 | 3.5 | 24 |
| 23 | Özer | 2,735 | 3.4 | – |
| 24 | Gürbüz | 2,493 | 3.1 | – |
| 25 | Bulut | 2,449 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Güneş | 2,442 | 3.1 | 29 |
| 27 | Bozkurt | 2,421 | 3.0 | – |
| 28 | Gül | 2,407 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Uçar | 2,370 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Çetin | 2,351 | 2.9 | 15 |
How do these counts compare with Malatya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 797,036 in 2018, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Malatya are called Şahin. The 31 listed surnames together cover 145,918 people, 18.3% of the population.1,2
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adıyaman | Doğan8,866 | Demir8,560 | Şahin8,202 |
| Diyarbakır | Kaya31,876 | Demir23,175 | Çelik22,825 |
| Elazığ | Yıldırım11,987 | Kaya10,745 | Yılmaz9,716 |
| Erzincan | Yılmaz3,757 | Kaya3,096 | Demir2,874 |
| Kahramanmaraş | Demir14,428 | Doğan10,719 | Kaya10,434 |
| Sivas | Yılmaz11,458 | Yıldırım10,777 | Şahin10,260 |
- AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,866 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 3rd there with 8,202.
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (31,876 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 28th there with 6,130.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (11,987 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 16th there with 3,425.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,757 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 11th there with 1,739.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,428 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 8th there with 7,697.
- SivasSivas: Yılmaz leads (11,458 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 3rd there with 10,260.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Eastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2018 lists of the 14 provinces in the same region as Malatya puts Kaya first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Kaya | 96,184 | 14 |
| Demir | 82,476 | 14 |
| Yılmaz | 71,257 | 14 |
| Çelik | 70,359 | 14 |
| Yıldız | 63,343 | 14 |
| Yıldırım | 57,517 | 13 |
| Aydın | 45,695 | 13 |
| Kılıç | 40,726 | 13 |
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
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