Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 44
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Malatya 2019
The most common surname in Malatya is Şahin (10,511 people, 2019). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 4th in Malatya. It is a close race: Doğan in second place is only 55 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Doğan.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Malatya, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 10,511 | 13.1 | 6 |
| 02 | Doğan | 10,456 | 13.1 | 12 |
| 03 | Kaya | 9,833 | 12.3 | 2 |
| 04 | Yılmaz | 9,143 | 11.4 | 1 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 8,065 | 10.1 | 7 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 7,511 | 9.4 | 10 |
| 07 | Demir | 7,104 | 8.9 | 3 |
| 08 | Aslan | 6,824 | 8.5 | 14 |
| 09 | Çelik | 6,315 | 7.9 | 4 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 5,461 | 6.8 | 13 |
| 11 | Korkmaz | 4,657 | 5.8 | 21 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 4,255 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 13 | Polat | 3,899 | 4.9 | 19 |
| 14 | Öztürk | 3,611 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 15 | Yiğit | 3,553 | 4.4 | – |
| 16 | Arslan | 3,512 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 17 | Koç | 3,503 | 4.4 | 18 |
| 18 | Aydın | 3,448 | 4.3 | 9 |
| 19 | Güler | 3,337 | 4.2 | – |
| 20 | Fırat | 2,915 | 3.6 | – |
| 21 | Karakuş | 2,811 | 3.5 | – |
| 22= | Karaca | 2,774 | 3.5 | – |
| 22= | Özcan | 2,774 | 3.5 | 24 |
| 23 | Özer | 2,730 | 3.4 | – |
| 24 | Güneş | 2,482 | 3.1 | 29 |
| 25 | Gürbüz | 2,473 | 3.1 | – |
| 26 | Bulut | 2,435 | 3.0 | – |
| 27 | Gül | 2,399 | 3.0 | – |
| 28 | Bozkurt | 2,370 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Çetin | 2,365 | 3.0 | 15 |
| 30 | Uçar | 2,354 | 2.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Malatya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 800,165 in 2019, about 13.1 in every 1,000 people in Malatya are called Şahin. The 31 listed surnames together cover 145,880 people, 18.2% of the population.1,2
Malatya lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.4% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 797,036 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 800,165 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,847 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 3rd there with 8,252.
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (32,492 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 28th there with 6,207.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,046 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 16th there with 3,407.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,704 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 10th there with 1,758.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,517 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 8th there with 7,736.
- SivasSivas: Yılmaz leads (11,329 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 4th there with 10,188.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Malatya’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Şahin 10,528 | Doğan 10,501 | Kaya 9,799 |
| 2019 | Şahin 10,511 | Doğan 10,456 | Kaya 9,833 |
| 2020 | Doğan 10,589 | Şahin 10,506 | Kaya 9,894 |
| 2021 | Doğan 10,638 | Şahin 10,461 | Kaya 10,017 |
| 2022 | Doğan 10,624 | Şahin 10,504 | Kaya 10,102 |
| 2023 | Şahin 9,813 | Doğan 9,641 | Kaya 9,357 |
| 2024 | Şahin 9,912 | Doğan 9,759 | Kaya 9,381 |
| 2025 | Şahin 9,891 | Doğan 9,767 | Kaya 9,455 |
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