Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 56
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Siirt 2020
The most common surname in Siirt is Yıldız (4,322 people, 2020). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Siirt. It is a close race: Yılmaz in second place is only 128 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Yılmaz.1
- First place
- Yıldız
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Siirt, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yıldız | 4,322 | 13.1 | 5 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 4,194 | 12.7 | 1 |
| 03 | Demir | 3,929 | 11.9 | 3 |
| 04 | Nas | 3,089 | 9.3 | – |
| 05 | Kaya | 3,023 | 9.1 | 2 |
| 06 | Çelik | 2,897 | 8.8 | 4 |
| 07 | Aydın | 2,678 | 8.1 | 9 |
| 08 | Erdoğan | 2,639 | 8.0 | 26 |
| 09 | Özdemir | 2,346 | 7.1 | 10 |
| 10 | Karataş | 2,292 | 6.9 | – |
| 11 | Polat | 2,219 | 6.7 | 19 |
| 12 | Yıldırım | 2,188 | 6.6 | 7 |
| 13 | Şen | 1,996 | 6.0 | – |
| 14 | Özer | 1,979 | 6.0 | – |
| 15 | Güneş | 1,932 | 5.8 | 29 |
| 16 | Toprak | 1,769 | 5.3 | – |
| 17 | Arslan | 1,666 | 5.0 | 11 |
| 18 | Dündar | 1,615 | 4.9 | – |
| 19 | Aksu | 1,563 | 4.7 | – |
| 20 | Dayan | 1,511 | 4.6 | – |
| 21 | Aslan | 1,464 | 4.4 | 14 |
| 22 | Cengiz | 1,414 | 4.3 | – |
| 23 | Ekinci | 1,388 | 4.2 | – |
| 24 | Sezgin | 1,313 | 4.0 | – |
| 25 | Taş | 1,303 | 3.9 | – |
| 26 | Acar | 1,286 | 3.9 | 28 |
| 27 | Gündüz | 1,279 | 3.9 | – |
| 28 | Batur | 1,250 | 3.8 | – |
| 29 | Beştaş | 1,172 | 3.5 | – |
| 30 | Can | 1,163 | 3.5 | 27 |
How do these counts compare with Siirt’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 331,070 in 2020, about 13.1 in every 1,000 people in Siirt are called Yıldız. The 30 listed surnames together cover 62,879 people, 19.0% of the population.1,2
Siirt lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 0.2% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 331,670 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 330,280 |
| 2020 | 331,070 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BatmanBatman: Demir leads (11,770 people); Yıldız, first in Siirt, ranks 3rd there with 8,851.
- BitlisBitlis: Demir leads (3,939 people); Yıldız, first in Siirt, ranks 7th there with 2,205.
- ŞırnakŞırnak: Demir leads (5,188 people); Yıldız, first in Siirt, ranks 4th there with 3,644.
- VanVan: Demir leads (17,938 people); Yıldız, first in Siirt, ranks 5th there with 10,625.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Siirt’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yılmaz 4,181 | Yıldız 4,172 | Demir 4,004 |
| 2019 | Yıldız 4,244 | Yılmaz 4,195 | Demir 3,936 |
| 2020 | Yıldız 4,322 | Yılmaz 4,194 | Demir 3,929 |
| 2021 | Yıldız 4,396 | Yılmaz 4,187 | Demir 3,978 |
| 2022 | Yıldız 4,381 | Yılmaz 4,251 | Demir 3,991 |
| 2023 | Yıldız 4,525 | Yılmaz 4,499 | Demir 4,318 |
| 2024 | Yıldız 4,422 | Yılmaz 4,405 | Demir 4,076 |
| 2025 | Yıldız 4,399 | Yılmaz 4,341 | Demir 3,998 |
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