Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 56
TÜİK · ADNKS 2024The most common surnames in Siirt 2024
The most common surname in Siirt is Yıldız (4,422 people, 2024). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Siirt. It is a close race: Yılmaz in second place is only 17 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Yılmaz.1
- First place
- Yıldız
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Siirt in 2024?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yıldız | 4,422 | 13.1 | 5 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 4,405 | 13.1 | 1 |
| 03 | Demir | 4,076 | 12.1 | 3 |
| 04 | Nas | 3,152 | 9.4 | – |
| 05 | Kaya | 3,119 | 9.3 | 2 |
| 06 | Çelik | 3,031 | 9.0 | 4 |
| 07 | Aydın | 2,724 | 8.1 | 9 |
| 08 | Erdoğan | 2,586 | 7.7 | 26 |
| 09 | Karataş | 2,374 | 7.1 | – |
| 10 | Yıldırım | 2,314 | 6.9 | 7 |
| 11 | Polat | 2,307 | 6.9 | 19 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 2,298 | 6.8 | 10 |
| 13 | Özer | 2,035 | 6.0 | – |
| 14 | Şen | 1,972 | 5.9 | – |
| 15 | Güneş | 1,924 | 5.7 | 29 |
| 16 | Toprak | 1,785 | 5.3 | – |
| 17 | Arslan | 1,736 | 5.2 | 11 |
| 18 | Aksu | 1,684 | 5.0 | – |
| 19 | Dündar | 1,668 | 5.0 | – |
| 20 | Dayan | 1,555 | 4.6 | – |
| 21 | Aslan | 1,529 | 4.5 | 14 |
| 22 | Cengiz | 1,465 | 4.4 | – |
| 23 | Ekinci | 1,460 | 4.3 | – |
| 24 | Gündüz | 1,399 | 4.2 | – |
| 25 | Sezgin | 1,390 | 4.1 | – |
| 26 | Taş | 1,355 | 4.0 | – |
| 27 | Batur | 1,277 | 3.8 | – |
| 28 | Acar | 1,253 | 3.7 | 28 |
| 29 | Beştaş | 1,240 | 3.7 | – |
| 30 | Can | 1,183 | 3.5 | 27 |
How do these counts compare with Siirt’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 336,453 in 2024, about 13.1 in every 1,000 people in Siirt are called Yıldız. The 30 listed surnames together cover 64,718 people, 19.2% of the population.1,2
Siirt lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.4% between 2018 and 2024.2
| 2018 | 331,670 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 330,280 |
| 2020 | 331,070 |
| 2021 | 331,980 |
| 2022 | 331,311 |
| 2023 | 347,412 |
| 2024 | 336,453 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batman | Demir12,496 | Çelik10,422 | Yıldız9,279 |
| Bitlis | Demir4,094 | Çelik3,599 | Yılmaz3,158 |
| Şırnak | Demir5,306 | Özdemir4,609 | Acar4,022 |
| Van | Demir17,627 | Kaya15,563 | Aslan11,029 |
- BatmanBatman: Demir leads (12,496 people); Yıldız, first in Siirt, ranks 3rd there with 9,279.
- BitlisBitlis: Demir leads (4,094 people); Yıldız, first in Siirt, ranks 7th there with 2,248.
- ŞırnakŞırnak: Demir leads (5,306 people); Yıldız, first in Siirt, ranks 4th there with 4,000.
- VanVan: Demir leads (17,627 people); Yıldız, first in Siirt, ranks 5th there with 10,519.
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 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Southeastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2024 lists of the 9 provinces in the same region as Siirt puts Demir first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Demir | 170,243 | 9 |
| Kaya | 143,207 | 9 |
| Yılmaz | 109,489 | 9 |
| Çelik | 108,445 | 8 |
| Aslan | 108,139 | 9 |
| Yıldız | 92,174 | 9 |
| Yıldırım | 85,096 | 9 |
| Doğan | 73,013 | 7 |
Sums cover published province list rows only. Bearers in provinces where a surname is omitted are not included, so these are partial regional totals.1
What changed in Siirt between 2023 and 2024?
In Siirt’s top 30 list between 2023 and 2024, 1 surname entered and 1 left; 6 moved up, 6 moved down and 17 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2023 | 2024 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yıldız | 1 | 1 | −103 |
| Yılmaz | 2 | 2 | −94 |
| Demir | 3 | 3 | −242 |
| Nas | 5 | 4 | −7 |
| Kaya | 4 | 5 | −81 |
| Çelik | 6 | 6 | −44 |
| Aydın | 7 | 7 | −65 |
| Erdoğan | 8 | 8 | −49 |
| Karataş | 11 | 9 | +8 |
| Yıldırım | 9 | 10 | −80 |
| Polat | 12 | 11 | −33 |
| Özdemir | 10 | 12 | −86 |
| Özer | 13 | 13 | −41 |
| Şen | 14 | 14 | −31 |
| Güneş | 15 | 15 | −20 |
| Toprak | 16 | 16 | −8 |
| Arslan | 17 | 17 | −51 |
| Aksu | 19 | 18 | +24 |
| Dündar | 18 | 19 | −32 |
| Dayan | 20 | 20 | −14 |
| Aslan | 22 | 21 | −13 |
| Cengiz | 21 | 22 | −91 |
| Ekinci | 23 | 23 | +9 |
| Gündüz | 24 | 24 | −4 |
| Sezgin | 25 | 25 | +16 |
| Taş | 26 | 26 | +1 |
| Batur | 28 | 27 | +8 |
| Acar | 27 | 28 | −33 |
| Beştaş | 29 | 29 | +9 |
| Can | Entered | 30 | — |
| Çetin | 30 | Left | — |
Year columns show province rank. Entry and exit refer only to the published list’s cutoff; they do not mean a count of zero.
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