Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

Province·Eastern Anatolia Region·Code 65

TÜİK · ADNKS 2022

The most common surnames in Van 2022

The most common surname in Van is Demir (17,709 people, 2022). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 6th in Van. Kaya is second with 15,866. Demir has led Van every year since 2018.1

First place
Demir
People
17,7091
ADNKS 2022
Per 1,000
15.72
Demir
Population
1,128,7492
ADNKS 2022
Surnames listed
301

The 30 most common surnames in Van, 2022

RankSurnamePeoplePer 1,000National rank
01 Demir 17,709 15.7 3
02 Kaya 15,866 14.1 2
03 Aslan 10,964 9.7 14
04 Çelik 10,767 9.5 4
05 Yıldız 10,389 9.2 5
06 Yılmaz 9,244 8.2 1
07 Koç 7,046 6.2 18
08 Arslan 6,778 6.0 11
09 Şahin 6,018 5.3 6
10 Acar 5,861 5.2 28
11 Aydın 5,529 4.9 9
12 Taş 5,085 4.5 –
13 Çiftçi 4,957 4.4 –
14 Kılıç 4,814 4.3 13
15 Yıldırım 4,756 4.2 7
16 Kurt 4,315 3.8 17
17 Keleş 4,152 3.7 –
18 Can 4,052 3.6 27
19 Çiçek 4,015 3.6 –
20 Güler 3,966 3.5 –
21 Özdemir 3,709 3.3 10
22 Bayram 3,649 3.2 –
23 Duman 3,640 3.2 –
24 Polat 3,594 3.2 19
25 Sönmez 3,559 3.2 –
26 Deniz 3,549 3.1 –
27 Işık 3,541 3.1 –
28 Baran 3,490 3.1 –
29 Bilici 3,363 3.0 –
30 Tekin 3,261 2.9 –
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS 2022, province top 30; ranks as published (ties share a rank). Per 1,000: share of the province population. National rank: place in the national top 30.1,2

How do these counts compare with Van’s population?

With an ADNKS population of 1,128,749 in 2022, about 15.7 in every 1,000 people in Van are called Demir. The 30 listed surnames together cover 181,638 people, 16.1% of the population.1,2

Van lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 0.4% between 2018 and 2022.2

TÜİK · ADNKS 1.12 m 1.13 m 1.14 m 1.15 m 20182019202020212022 1,123,784 1,136,757 1,149,342 1,141,015 1,128,749 TÜİK · ADNKS 1.12 m 1.13 m 1.14 m 1.15 m ’18’20’22 1,123,784 1,136,757 1,149,342 1,141,015 1,128,749
Population of Van, 2018–2022 Vertical axis does not start at zero.

Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?

  • AğrıAğrı: Kaya leads (16,143 people); Demir, first in Van, ranks 2nd there with 12,217.
  • BitlisBitlis: also Demir, with 4,049 people in 2022, 23% of the figure in Van.
  • HakkariHakkari: Kaya leads (6,020 people); Demir, first in Van, ranks 2nd there with 4,891.
  • SiirtSiirt: Yıldız leads (4,381 people); Demir, first in Van, ranks 3rd there with 3,991.
  • ŞırnakŞırnak: also Demir, with 5,244 people in 2022, 30% of the figure in Van.

Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3

Has Van’s top three changed over the years?

Year1.2.3.
2018 Demir 17,602Kaya 15,683Çelik 10,748
2019 Demir 17,731Kaya 15,949Çelik 10,893
2020 Demir 17,938Kaya 16,226Çelik 11,004
2021 Demir 17,859Kaya 16,023Çelik 10,949
2022 Demir 17,709Kaya 15,866Aslan 10,964
2023 Demir 17,766Kaya 15,872Aslan 10,957
2024 Demir 17,627Kaya 15,563Aslan 11,029
2025 Demir 17,512Kaya 15,328Aslan 11,049

Sources

  1. 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
  2. 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
  3. 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries