Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 63
TÜİK · ADNKS 2025The most common surnames in Şanlıurfa
The most common surname in Şanlıurfa is Demir (61,607 people, 2025). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 10th in Şanlıurfa. It leads by a wide margin, 1.8 times as many bearers as Çiftçi in second place. Demir has led Şanlıurfa every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Şanlıurfa, 2025
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 61,607 | 27.2 | 3 |
| 02 | Çiftçi | 34,705 | 15.3 | – |
| 03 | Kaya | 33,035 | 14.6 | 2 |
| 04 | Aslan | 32,067 | 14.2 | 14 |
| 05 | Kılıç | 28,082 | 12.4 | 13 |
| 06 | Yıldız | 21,728 | 9.6 | 5 |
| 07 | Çelik | 19,035 | 8.4 | 4 |
| 08 | Polat | 18,015 | 8.0 | 19 |
| 09 | Doğan | 17,308 | 7.6 | 12 |
| 10 | Yılmaz | 16,795 | 7.4 | 1 |
| 11 | Arslan | 15,262 | 6.7 | 11 |
| 12 | Yıldırım | 15,055 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 13 | Kurt | 13,369 | 5.9 | 17 |
| 14 | Güneş | 12,223 | 5.4 | 29 |
| 15 | Taş | 11,901 | 5.3 | – |
| 16 | Çiçek | 11,667 | 5.1 | – |
| 17 | Şahin | 11,055 | 4.9 | 6 |
| 18 | Bozkurt | 10,998 | 4.9 | – |
| 19 | Toprak | 10,807 | 4.8 | – |
| 20 | Çoban | 9,679 | 4.3 | – |
| 21 | Dağ | 9,197 | 4.1 | – |
| 22 | Yavuz | 8,984 | 4.0 | 23 |
| 23 | Karataş | 8,501 | 3.8 | – |
| 24 | Çakmak | 8,467 | 3.7 | – |
| 25 | Korkmaz | 8,086 | 3.6 | 21 |
| 26 | Çetin | 8,030 | 3.5 | 15 |
| 27 | Bulut | 7,836 | 3.5 | – |
| 28 | Ay | 7,378 | 3.3 | – |
| 29 | Alkan | 7,335 | 3.2 | – |
| 30 | Şimşek | 6,632 | 2.9 | 20 |
How do these counts compare with Şanlıurfa’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 2,265,800 in 2025, about 27.2 in every 1,000 people in Şanlıurfa are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 484,839 people, 21.4% of the population.1,2
Şanlıurfa lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 11.3% between 2018 and 2025.2
| 2018 | 2,035,809 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2,073,614 |
| 2020 | 2,115,256 |
| 2021 | 2,143,020 |
| 2022 | 2,170,110 |
| 2023 | 2,213,964 |
| 2024 | 2,237,745 |
| 2025 | 2,265,800 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdıyamanAdıyaman: Doğan leads (8,594 people); Demir, first in Şanlıurfa, ranks 3rd there with 8,096.
- DiyarbakırDiyarbakır: Kaya leads (35,014 people); Demir, first in Şanlıurfa, ranks 2nd there with 24,930.
- GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (44,667 people); Demir, first in Şanlıurfa, ranks 3rd there with 36,919.
- MardinMardin: also Demir, with 16,225 people in 2025, 26% of the figure in Şanlıurfa.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Şanlıurfa’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Demir 53,048 | Çiftçi 29,531 | Kaya 29,514 |
| 2019 | Demir 54,319 | Çiftçi 30,128 | Kaya 30,109 |
| 2020 | Demir 55,619 | Çiftçi 30,970 | Kaya 30,737 |
| 2021 | Demir 56,681 | Çiftçi 31,818 | Kaya 31,117 |
| 2022 | Demir 58,028 | Çiftçi 32,453 | Kaya 31,460 |
| 2023 | Demir 59,465 | Çiftçi 33,338 | Kaya 32,213 |
| 2024 | Demir 60,625 | Çiftçi 34,045 | Kaya 32,620 |
| 2025 | Demir 61,607 | Çiftçi 34,705 | Kaya 33,035 |
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