Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 62
TÜİK · ADNKS 2023The most common surnames in Tunceli 2023
The most common surname in Tunceli is Yıldız (1,520 people, 2023). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 7th in Tunceli. It is a close race: Demir in second place is only 32 people behind. The lead has changed hands: in 2020 the most common surname here was Demir.1
- First place
- Yıldız
- Surnames listed
- 301
The 30 most common surnames in Tunceli, 2023
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yıldız | 1,520 | 17.0 | 5 |
| 02 | Demir | 1,488 | 16.7 | 3 |
| 03 | Çelik | 1,360 | 15.2 | 4 |
| 04 | Doğan | 1,330 | 14.9 | 12 |
| 05 | Yıldırım | 1,289 | 14.4 | 7 |
| 06 | Kaya | 1,176 | 13.2 | 2 |
| 07 | Yılmaz | 988 | 11.1 | 1 |
| 08 | Arslan | 912 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 09 | Polat | 863 | 9.7 | 19 |
| 10 | Aydın | 758 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 11 | Kılıç | 728 | 8.2 | 13 |
| 12 | Şahin | 714 | 8.0 | 6 |
| 13 | Bulut | 567 | 6.3 | – |
| 14 | Öztürk | 552 | 6.2 | 8 |
| 15 | Gül | 525 | 5.9 | – |
| 16 | Erdoğan | 523 | 5.9 | 26 |
| 17 | Aslan | 515 | 5.8 | 14 |
| 18 | Ateş | 497 | 5.6 | – |
| 19 | Güler | 480 | 5.4 | – |
| 20 | Çiçek | 459 | 5.1 | – |
| 21 | Özdemir | 439 | 4.9 | 10 |
| 22 | Güneş | 425 | 4.8 | 29 |
| 23 | Bozkurt | 392 | 4.4 | – |
| 24 | Çetin | 388 | 4.3 | 15 |
| 25 | Güngör | 370 | 4.1 | – |
| 26 | Turan | 320 | 3.6 | – |
| 27 | Kaplan | 311 | 3.5 | – |
| 28 | Şimşek | 309 | 3.5 | 20 |
| 29 | Can | 308 | 3.4 | 27 |
| 30 | Karataş | 296 | 3.3 | – |
How do these counts compare with Tunceli’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 89,317 in 2023, about 17.0 in every 1,000 people in Tunceli are called Yıldız. The 30 listed surnames together cover 20,802 people, 23.3% of the population.1,2
Tunceli lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 1.3% between 2018 and 2023.2
| 2018 | 88,198 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 84,660 |
| 2020 | 83,443 |
| 2021 | 83,645 |
| 2022 | 84,366 |
| 2023 | 89,317 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- BingölBingöl: Kaya leads (3,952 people); Yıldız, first in Tunceli, ranks 3rd there with 2,423.
- ElazığElazığ: Yıldırım leads (12,379 people); Yıldız, first in Tunceli, ranks 7th there with 7,814.
- ErzincanErzincan: Yılmaz leads (3,863 people); Yıldız, first in Tunceli, ranks 4th there with 2,621.
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