Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 44
TÜİK · ADNKS 2021The most common surnames in Malatya 2021
The most common surname in Malatya is Doğan (10,638 people, 2021). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 4th in Malatya. It is a close race: Şahin in second place is only 177 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Şahin.1
- First place
- Doğan
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Malatya, 2021
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Doğan | 10,638 | 13.2 | 12 |
| 02 | Şahin | 10,461 | 12.9 | 6 |
| 03 | Kaya | 10,017 | 12.4 | 2 |
| 04 | Yılmaz | 9,184 | 11.4 | 1 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 8,124 | 10.0 | 7 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 7,580 | 9.4 | 10 |
| 07 | Demir | 7,251 | 9.0 | 3 |
| 08 | Aslan | 6,859 | 8.5 | 14 |
| 09 | Çelik | 6,343 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 5,466 | 6.8 | 13 |
| 11 | Korkmaz | 4,724 | 5.8 | 21 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 4,389 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 13 | Polat | 3,996 | 4.9 | 19 |
| 14 | Öztürk | 3,644 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 15 | Koç | 3,585 | 4.4 | 18 |
| 16 | Arslan | 3,574 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 17 | Yiğit | 3,549 | 4.4 | – |
| 18 | Aydın | 3,476 | 4.3 | 9 |
| 19 | Güler | 3,420 | 4.2 | – |
| 20 | Fırat | 2,966 | 3.7 | – |
| 21 | Karakuş | 2,806 | 3.5 | – |
| 22 | Özcan | 2,795 | 3.5 | 25 |
| 23 | Karaca | 2,757 | 3.4 | – |
| 24 | Özer | 2,752 | 3.4 | – |
| 25 | Güneş | 2,477 | 3.1 | 29 |
| 26 | Bulut | 2,462 | 3.0 | – |
| 27 | Gürbüz | 2,453 | 3.0 | – |
| 28 | Çetin | 2,387 | 3.0 | 15 |
| 29 | Gül | 2,382 | 2.9 | – |
| 30 | Şimşek | 2,372 | 2.9 | 20 |
How do these counts compare with Malatya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 808,692 in 2021, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Malatya are called Doğan. The 30 listed surnames together cover 144,889 people, 17.9% of the population.1,2
Malatya lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.5% between 2018 and 2021.2
| 2018 | 797,036 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 800,165 |
| 2020 | 806,156 |
| 2021 | 808,692 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdıyamanAdıyaman: also Doğan, with 8,831 people in 2021, 83% of the figure in Malatya.
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (33,503 people); Doğan, first in Malatya, ranks 14th there with 9,459.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,188 people); Doğan, first in Malatya, ranks 6th there with 7,862.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,769 people); Doğan, first in Malatya, ranks 6th there with 2,121.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,825 people); Doğan, first in Malatya, ranks 2nd there with 10,795.
- SivasSivas: Yılmaz leads (11,316 people); Doğan, first in Malatya, ranks 6th there with 7,886.
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