Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 49

TÜİK · ADNKS 2024

The most common surnames in Muş 2024

The most common surname in Muş is Çelik (6,679 people, 2024). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 3rd in Muş. Demir is second with 5,770. Çelik has led Muş every year since 2018.1

First place
Çelik
People
6,6791
ADNKS 2024
Per 1,000
17.02
Çelik
Population
392,3012
ADNKS 2024
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Muş, 2024

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Çelik 6,679 17.0 4
02 Demir 5,770 14.7 3
03 Yılmaz 4,869 12.4 1
04 Yıldız 4,771 12.2 5
05 Sönmez 4,392 11.2 –
06 Bingöl 4,345 11.1 –
07 Yıldırım 4,216 10.7 7
08 Arslan 4,007 10.2 11
09 Kaya 3,902 9.9 2
10 Güler 3,656 9.3 –
11 Özdemir 3,144 8.0 10
12 Aydın 3,089 7.9 9
13 Karakaya 2,852 7.3 –
14 Aktaş 2,739 7.0 30
15 Taş 2,719 6.9 –
16 Bozkurt 2,424 6.2 –
17 Tekin 2,376 6.1 –
18 Çetin 2,338 6.0 15
19 Özmen 2,205 5.6 –
20 Yalçın 2,149 5.5 –
21 Özcan 2,116 5.4 25
22 Işık 2,076 5.3 –
23 Balkaya 2,038 5.2 –
24 Özkan 2,036 5.2 22
25 Doğan 1,967 5.0 12
26 Şahin 1,931 4.9 6
27 Subaşı 1,903 4.9 –
28 Aydemir 1,859 4.7 –
29 Polat 1,808 4.6 19
30 Çiftçi 1,802 4.6 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2024, 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 392,301 in 2024, about 17.0 in every 1,000 people in Muş are called Çelik. The 30 listed surnames together cover 92,178 people, 23.5% of the population.1,2

Muş lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 3.8% between 2018 and 2024.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 390 k 400 k 410 k 2018201920202021202220232024 407,992 408,809 411,117 405,228 399,202 399,879 392,301 TÜİK · ADNKS 390 k 400 k 410 k ’18’20’22’24 407,992 408,809 411,117 405,228 399,202 399,879 392,301
Population of Muş, 2018–2024 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AğrıAğrı: Kaya leads (15,718 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 4th there with 7,966.
  • BatmanBatman: Demir leads (12,496 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 2nd there with 10,422.
  • BingölBingöl: Kaya leads (3,929 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 4th there with 2,072.
  • BitlisBitlis: Demir leads (4,094 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 2nd there with 3,599.
  • DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (34,595 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 3rd there with 24,106.
  • ErzurumErzurum: Yılmaz leads (10,657 people); Çelik, first in Muş, ranks 4th there with 9,271.

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