Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 62
TÜİK · ADNKS 2019The most common surnames in Tunceli 2019
The most common surname in Tunceli is Yıldız (1,421 people, 2019). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 7th in Tunceli. It is a close race: Demir in second place is only 15 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2018 the most common surname here was Demir.1
- First place
- Yıldız
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Tunceli, 2019
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yıldız | 1,421 | 16.8 | 5 |
| 02 | Demir | 1,406 | 16.6 | 3 |
| 03 | Doğan | 1,298 | 15.3 | 12 |
| 04 | Yıldırım | 1,227 | 14.5 | 7 |
| 05 | Çelik | 1,210 | 14.3 | 4 |
| 06 | Kaya | 1,093 | 12.9 | 2 |
| 07 | Yılmaz | 948 | 11.2 | 1 |
| 08 | Arslan | 855 | 10.1 | 11 |
| 09 | Polat | 768 | 9.1 | 19 |
| 10 | Kılıç | 675 | 8.0 | 13 |
| 11 | Aydın | 671 | 7.9 | 9 |
| 12 | Şahin | 636 | 7.5 | 6 |
| 13 | Bulut | 574 | 6.8 | – |
| 14 | Öztürk | 526 | 6.2 | 8 |
| 15 | Gül | 515 | 6.1 | – |
| 16 | Ateş | 487 | 5.8 | – |
| 17 | Erdoğan | 472 | 5.6 | 26 |
| 18 | Aslan | 458 | 5.4 | 14 |
| 19= | Çiçek | 437 | 5.2 | – |
| 19= | Güler | 437 | 5.2 | – |
| 20 | Özdemir | 407 | 4.8 | 10 |
| 21 | Güneş | 405 | 4.8 | 29 |
| 22 | Çetin | 380 | 4.5 | 15 |
| 23 | Bozkurt | 366 | 4.3 | – |
| 24 | Güngör | 344 | 4.1 | – |
| 25 | Kaplan | 313 | 3.7 | – |
| 26 | Ataş | 302 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Yüksel | 297 | 3.5 | – |
| 28 | Yeşil | 291 | 3.4 | – |
| 29 | Turan | 280 | 3.3 | – |
| 30 | Coşkun | 278 | 3.3 | – |
How do these counts compare with Tunceli’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 84,660 in 2019, about 16.8 in every 1,000 people in Tunceli are called Yıldız. The 31 listed surnames together cover 19,777 people, 23.4% of the population.1,2
Tunceli lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population fell by 4.0% between 2018 and 2019.2
| 2018 | 88,198 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 84,660 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BingölBingöl: Kaya leads (3,903 people); Yıldız, first in Tunceli, ranks 3rd there with 2,327.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,046 people); Yıldız, first in Tunceli, ranks 7th there with 7,557.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,704 people); Yıldız, first in Tunceli, ranks 4th there with 2,503.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Tunceli’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yıldız 1,474 | Demir 1,458 | Doğan 1,327 |
| 2019 | Yıldız 1,421 | Demir 1,406 | Doğan 1,298 |
| 2020 | Demir 1,440 | Yıldız 1,392 | Doğan 1,254 |
| 2021 | Demir 1,446 | Yıldız 1,404 | Çelik 1,244 |
| 2022 | Demir 1,442 | Yıldız 1,421 | Çelik 1,257 |
| 2023 | Yıldız 1,520 | Demir 1,488 | Çelik 1,360 |
| 2024 | Yıldız 1,458 | Demir 1,423 | Çelik 1,321 |
| 2025 | Demir 1,401 | Yıldız 1,371 | Doğan 1,286 |
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