Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 49

TÜİK · ADNKS 2025

The most common surnames in Muş

The most common surname in Muş is Çelik (6,658 people, 2025). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 3rd in Muş. Demir is second with 5,761. Çelik has led Muş every year since 2018.1

First place
Çelik
People
6,6581
ADNKS 2025
Per 1,000
17.12
Çelik
Population
389,1272
ADNKS 2025
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Muş, 2025

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Çelik 6,658 17.1 4
02 Demir 5,761 14.8 3
03 Yılmaz 4,874 12.5 1
04 Yıldız 4,731 12.2 5
05 Sönmez 4,386 11.3 –
06 Bingöl 4,304 11.1 –
07 Yıldırım 4,217 10.8 7
08 Arslan 3,991 10.3 11
09 Kaya 3,868 9.9 2
10 Güler 3,628 9.3 –
11 Özdemir 3,063 7.9 10
12 Aydın 3,047 7.8 9
13 Karakaya 2,856 7.3 –
14 Aktaş 2,731 7.0 30
15 Taş 2,704 6.9 –
16 Çetin 2,387 6.1 15
17 Tekin 2,373 6.1 –
18 Bozkurt 2,342 6.0 –
19 Özmen 2,172 5.6 –
20 Yalçın 2,107 5.4 –
21 Özcan 2,093 5.4 25
22 Işık 2,048 5.3 –
23 Balkaya 2,026 5.2 –
24 Özkan 2,021 5.2 22
25 Doğan 1,924 4.9 12
26 Şahin 1,920 4.9 6
27 Subaşı 1,878 4.8 –
28 Polat 1,813 4.7 19
29 Toplu 1,798 4.6 –
30 Aydemir 1,787 4.6 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2025, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Muş’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 389,127 in 2025, about 17.1 in every 1,000 people in Muş are called Çelik. The 30 listed surnames together cover 91,508 people, 23.5% of the population.1,2

Muş lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 4.6% between 2018 and 2025.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 390 k 400 k 410 k 20182019202020212022202320242025 407,992 408,809 411,117 405,228 399,202 399,879 392,301 389,127 TÜİK · ADNKS 390 k 400 k 410 k ’18’20’22’24’25 407,992 408,809 411,117 405,228 399,202 399,879 392,301 389,127
Population of Muş, 2018–2025 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AğrıAğrı: Kaya leads (15,283 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 4th there with 7,819.
  • BatmanBatman: Demir leads (12,597 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 2nd there with 10,453.
  • BingölBingöl: Kaya leads (3,873 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 4th there with 2,034.
  • BitlisBitlis: Demir leads (3,990 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 2nd there with 3,597.
  • DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (35,014 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 3rd there with 24,400.
  • ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,589 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 4th there with 9,131.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Muş’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Çelik 6,973Demir 5,811Yılmaz 4,975
2019 Çelik 6,940Demir 5,858Yılmaz 5,059
2020 Çelik 7,067Demir 5,909Yılmaz 5,071
2021 Çelik 6,944Demir 5,888Yılmaz 4,956
2022 Çelik 6,866Demir 5,805Yılmaz 4,933
2023 Çelik 6,736Demir 5,803Yılmaz 4,975
2024 Çelik 6,679Demir 5,770Yılmaz 4,869
2025 Çelik 6,658Demir 5,761Yılmaz 4,874

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries