Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 73
TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Şırnak 2020
The most common surname in Şırnak is Demir (5,188 people, 2020). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 7th in Şırnak. Özdemir is second with 4,331. Demir has led Şırnak every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Şırnak in 2020?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 5,188 | 9.6 | 3 |
| 02 | Özdemir | 4,331 | 8.1 | 10 |
| 03 | Acar | 3,850 | 7.2 | 28 |
| 04 | Yıldız | 3,644 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 3,639 | 6.8 | 7 |
| 06 | Kaya | 3,470 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 07 | Yılmaz | 3,237 | 6.0 | 1 |
| 08 | Babat | 2,995 | 5.6 | – |
| 09 | Encu | 2,923 | 5.4 | – |
| 10 | Tatar | 2,866 | 5.3 | – |
| 11 | Aslan | 2,399 | 4.5 | 14 |
| 12 | Ölmez | 2,373 | 4.4 | – |
| 13 | Ökten | 2,302 | 4.3 | – |
| 14 | Bayram | 2,300 | 4.3 | – |
| 15 | Zeyrek | 2,154 | 4.0 | – |
| 16 | Bozkurt | 2,135 | 4.0 | – |
| 17 | Kara | 2,102 | 3.9 | 16 |
| 18 | Aydemir | 2,073 | 3.9 | – |
| 19 | Kaplan | 2,054 | 3.8 | – |
| 20 | Aydın | 2,029 | 3.8 | 9 |
| 21 | Nas | 1,995 | 3.7 | – |
| 22 | Kılıç | 1,976 | 3.7 | 13 |
| 23 | Arslan | 1,972 | 3.7 | 11 |
| 24 | Bilen | 1,949 | 3.6 | – |
| 25 | Sak | 1,933 | 3.6 | – |
| 26 | Özkan | 1,861 | 3.5 | 22 |
| 27 | Gök | 1,841 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Şen | 1,726 | 3.2 | – |
| 29 | Kartal | 1,625 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Çetin | 1,605 | 3.0 | 15 |
How do these counts compare with Şırnak’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 537,762 in 2020, about 9.6 in every 1,000 people in Şırnak are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 76,547 people, 14.2% of the population.1,2
Şırnak lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.6% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 524,190 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 529,615 |
| 2020 | 537,762 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakkari | Kaya6,047 | Demir4,914 | Çiftçi4,085 |
| Mardin | Demir15,245 | Çelik14,933 | Kaya11,637 |
| Siirt | Yıldız4,322 | Yılmaz4,194 | Demir3,929 |
| Van | Demir17,938 | Kaya16,226 | Çelik11,004 |
- HakkariHakkari: Kaya leads (6,047 people); Demir, first in Şırnak, ranks 2nd there with 4,914.
- MardinMardin: also Demir, with 15,245 people in 2020, 2.9 times as many as in Şırnak.
- SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,322 people); Demir, first in Şırnak, ranks 3rd there with 3,929.
- VanVan: also Demir, with 17,938 people in 2020, 3.5 times as many as in Şırnak.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Şırnak’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Demir 5,177 | Özdemir 4,240 | Acar 3,704 |
| 2019 | Demir 5,151 | Özdemir 4,289 | Acar 3,754 |
| 2020 | Demir 5,188 | Özdemir 4,331 | Acar 3,850 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Southeastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2020 lists of the 9 provinces in the same region as Şırnak puts Demir first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Demir | 161,211 | 9 |
| Kaya | 136,919 | 9 |
| Yılmaz | 105,488 | 9 |
| Çelik | 104,564 | 8 |
| Aslan | 102,412 | 9 |
| Yıldız | 88,050 | 9 |
| Yıldırım | 81,948 | 9 |
| Doğan | 70,707 | 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 Şırnak between 2019 and 2020?
In Şırnak’s top 30 list between 2019 and 2020, no new surname entered; 1 moved up, 10 moved down and 19 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2019 | 2020 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demir | 1 | 1 | +37 |
| Özdemir | 2 | 2 | +42 |
| Acar | 3 | 3 | +96 |
| Yıldız | 4 | 4 | −9 |
| Yıldırım | 5 | 5 | +48 |
| Kaya | 6 | 6 | −3 |
| Yılmaz | 7 | 7 | +23 |
| Babat | 8 | 8 | +65 |
| Encu | 9 | 9 | +43 |
| Tatar | 10 | 10 | +72 |
| Aslan | 11 | 11 | +41 |
| Ölmez | 12 | 12 | +95 |
| Ökten | 13 | 13 | +38 |
| Bayram | 14 | 14 | +51 |
| Zeyrek | 16 | 15 | +85 |
| Bozkurt | 15 | 16 | −1 |
| Kara | 16 | 17 | +33 |
| Aydemir | 18 | 18 | +28 |
| Kaplan | 19 | 19 | +47 |
| Aydın | 17 | 20 | −19 |
| Nas | 20 | 21 | +19 |
| Kılıç | 21 | 22 | +16 |
| Arslan | 23 | 23 | +72 |
| Bilen | 22 | 24 | +47 |
| Sak | 24 | 25 | +39 |
| Özkan | 26 | 26 | +86 |
| Gök | 25 | 27 | +41 |
| Şen | 27 | 28 | +50 |
| Kartal | 29 | 29 | +23 |
| Çetin | 28 | 30 | ±0 |
| Ürek | 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