Province·Southeastern Anatolia Region·Code 73
TÜİK · ADNKS 2022The most common surnames in Şırnak 2022
The most common surname in Şırnak is Demir (5,244 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 7th in Şırnak. Özdemir is second with 4,491. Demir has led Şırnak every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 301
Which surnames are most common in Şırnak in 2022?
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 5,244 | 9.4 | 3 |
| 02 | Özdemir | 4,491 | 8.1 | 10 |
| 03 | Acar | 3,919 | 7.0 | 28 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 3,832 | 6.9 | 7 |
| 05 | Yıldız | 3,815 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 06 | Kaya | 3,653 | 6.6 | 2 |
| 07 | Yılmaz | 3,293 | 5.9 | 1 |
| 08 | Babat | 3,127 | 5.6 | – |
| 09 | Encu | 3,001 | 5.4 | – |
| 10 | Tatar | 2,987 | 5.4 | – |
| 11 | Aslan | 2,535 | 4.5 | 14 |
| 12 | Ökten | 2,396 | 4.3 | – |
| 13 | Bayram | 2,394 | 4.3 | – |
| 14 | Ölmez | 2,331 | 4.2 | – |
| 15 | Zeyrek | 2,217 | 4.0 | – |
| 16 | Kara | 2,198 | 3.9 | 16 |
| 17 | Bozkurt | 2,190 | 3.9 | – |
| 18 | Aydemir | 2,185 | 3.9 | – |
| 19 | Aydın | 2,126 | 3.8 | 9 |
| 20 | Kılıç | 2,107 | 3.8 | 13 |
| 21 | Kaplan | 2,068 | 3.7 | – |
| 22 | Nas | 2,061 | 3.7 | – |
| 23 | Arslan | 2,021 | 3.6 | 11 |
| 24 | Bilen | 1,978 | 3.5 | – |
| 25 | Sak | 1,966 | 3.5 | – |
| 26 | Özkan | 1,957 | 3.5 | 22 |
| 27 | Gök | 1,875 | 3.4 | – |
| 28 | Şen | 1,751 | 3.1 | – |
| 29 | Kartal | 1,680 | 3.0 | – |
| 30 | Çetin | 1,674 | 3.0 | 15 |
How do these counts compare with Şırnak’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 557,605 in 2022, about 9.4 in every 1,000 people in Şırnak are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 79,072 people, 14.2% of the population.1,2
Şırnak lies in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 6.4% between 2018 and 2022.2
| 2018 | 524,190 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 529,615 |
| 2020 | 537,762 |
| 2021 | 546,589 |
| 2022 | 557,605 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
| Province | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakkari | Kaya6,020 | Demir4,891 | Çiftçi3,990 |
| Mardin | Demir15,613 | Çelik15,270 | Kaya11,903 |
| Siirt | Yıldız4,381 | Yılmaz4,251 | Demir3,991 |
| Van | Demir17,709 | Kaya15,866 | Aslan10,964 |
- HakkariHakkari: Kaya leads (6,020 people); Demir, first in Şırnak, ranks 2nd there with 4,891.
- MardinMardin: also Demir, with 15,613 people in 2022, 3.0 times as many as in Şırnak.
- SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,381 people); Demir, first in Şırnak, ranks 3rd there with 3,991.
- VanVan: also Demir, with 17,709 people in 2022, 3.4 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 |
| 2021 | Demir 5,203 | Özdemir 4,427 | Acar 3,880 |
| 2022 | Demir 5,244 | Özdemir 4,491 | Acar 3,919 |
Which surnames lead the combined province lists for the Southeastern Anatolia Region?
Adding the published 2022 lists of the 9 provinces in the same region as Şırnak puts Demir first.
| Surname | Sum of listed counts | Province lists |
|---|---|---|
| Demir | 165,827 | 9 |
| Kaya | 139,978 | 9 |
| Yılmaz | 107,477 | 9 |
| Çelik | 106,399 | 8 |
| Aslan | 105,302 | 9 |
| Yıldız | 90,113 | 9 |
| Yıldırım | 83,631 | 9 |
| Doğan | 71,853 | 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 2021 and 2022?
In Şırnak’s top 30 list between 2021 and 2022, no new surname entered; 6 moved up, 7 moved down and 17 kept their rank.
| Surname | 2021 | 2022 | Count change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demir | 1 | 1 | +41 |
| Özdemir | 2 | 2 | +64 |
| Acar | 3 | 3 | +39 |
| Yıldırım | 5 | 4 | +108 |
| Yıldız | 4 | 5 | +49 |
| Kaya | 6 | 6 | +69 |
| Yılmaz | 7 | 7 | +5 |
| Babat | 8 | 8 | +63 |
| Encu | 9 | 9 | +42 |
| Tatar | 10 | 10 | +86 |
| Aslan | 11 | 11 | +96 |
| Ökten | 14 | 12 | +56 |
| Bayram | 12 | 13 | +28 |
| Ölmez | 13 | 14 | −14 |
| Zeyrek | 17 | 15 | +55 |
| Kara | 16 | 16 | +32 |
| Bozkurt | 15 | 17 | +11 |
| Aydemir | 18 | 18 | +63 |
| Aydın | 20 | 19 | +72 |
| Kılıç | 19 | 20 | +37 |
| Kaplan | 22 | 21 | +25 |
| Nas | 21 | 22 | +8 |
| Arslan | 24 | 23 | +59 |
| Bilen | 23 | 24 | −10 |
| Sak | 25 | 25 | +31 |
| Özkan | 26 | 26 | +67 |
| Gök | 27 | 27 | −2 |
| Şen | 28 | 28 | +30 |
| Kartal | 29 | 29 | +34 |
| Çetin | 30 | 30 | +34 |
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