Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 44
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Malatya 2024
The most common surname in Malatya is Şahin (9,912 people, 2024). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 4th in Malatya. It is a close race: Doğan in second place is only 153 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2020 the most common surname here was Doğan.1
- First place
- Şahin
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Malatya, 2024
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Şahin | 9,912 | 13.2 | 6 |
| 02 | Doğan | 9,759 | 13.0 | 12 |
| 03 | Kaya | 9,381 | 12.5 | 2 |
| 04 | Yılmaz | 8,408 | 11.2 | 1 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 7,655 | 10.2 | 7 |
| 06 | Özdemir | 7,006 | 9.3 | 10 |
| 07 | Demir | 6,732 | 9.0 | 3 |
| 08 | Aslan | 6,460 | 8.6 | 14 |
| 09 | Çelik | 5,849 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 5,216 | 7.0 | 13 |
| 11 | Korkmaz | 4,386 | 5.8 | 21 |
| 12 | Yıldız | 3,852 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 13 | Polat | 3,775 | 5.0 | 19 |
| 14 | Öztürk | 3,389 | 4.5 | 8 |
| 15 | Koç | 3,342 | 4.5 | 18 |
| 16 | Yiğit | 3,331 | 4.4 | – |
| 17 | Arslan | 3,313 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 18 | Güler | 3,227 | 4.3 | – |
| 19 | Aydın | 3,169 | 4.2 | 9 |
| 20 | Fırat | 2,723 | 3.6 | – |
| 21 | Karakuş | 2,665 | 3.6 | – |
| 22 | Özcan | 2,607 | 3.5 | 25 |
| 23 | Karaca | 2,568 | 3.4 | – |
| 24 | Özer | 2,511 | 3.3 | – |
| 25 | Güneş | 2,373 | 3.2 | 29 |
| 26 | Gürbüz | 2,361 | 3.1 | – |
| 27 | Bulut | 2,316 | 3.1 | – |
| 28 | Karaman | 2,258 | 3.0 | – |
| 29 | Çetin | 2,240 | 3.0 | 15 |
| 30 | Gül | 2,205 | 2.9 | – |
How do these counts compare with Malatya’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 750,491 in 2024, about 13.2 in every 1,000 people in Malatya are called Şahin. The 30 listed surnames together cover 134,989 people, 18.0% of the population.1,2
Malatya lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 5.8% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 797,036 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 800,165 |
| 2020 | 806,156 |
| 2021 | 808,692 |
| 2022 | 812,580 |
| 2023 | 742,725 |
| 2024 | 750,491 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,525 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 4th there with 8,012.
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (34,595 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 28th there with 6,489.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,393 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 16th there with 3,517.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,787 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 10th there with 1,805.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: Demir leads (14,549 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 8th there with 7,607.
- SivasSivas: Yılmaz leads (11,300 people); Şahin, first in Malatya, ranks 4th there with 10,060.
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