Kars Province Genealogical Records
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Most Common Surnames in Kars Province
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Turkey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yıldız | 6,410 | 1:47 | 1.03% | 6 |
| 2 | Aydın | 6,216 | 1:48 | 1.13% | 9 |
| 3 | Kaya | 5,962 | 1:51 | 0.75% | 2 |
| 4 | Yılmaz | 4,309 | 1:70 | 0.39% | 1 |
| 5 | Çelik | 4,051 | 1:74 | 0.64% | 4 |
| 6 | Yıldırım | 3,930 | 1:77 | 0.65% | 7 |
| 7 | Demir | 3,039 | 1:99 | 0.40% | 3 |
| 8 | Aras | 2,620 | 1:115 | 4.91% | 211 |
| 9 | Bulut | 2,527 | 1:119 | 1.33% | 35 |
| 10 | Öztürk | 2,489 | 1:121 | 0.45% | 8 |
| 11 | Polat | 2,463 | 1:122 | 1.06% | 21 |
| 12 | Kılıç | 2,313 | 1:130 | 0.58% | 13 |
| 13 | Güneş | 2,073 | 1:145 | 1.06% | 33 |
| 14 | Turan | 1,845 | 1:163 | 1.01% | 37 |
| 15 | Aktaş | 1,824 | 1:165 | 0.90% | 32 |
| 16 | Doğan | 1,753 | 1:172 | 0.39% | 12 |
| 17 | Aslan | 1,679 | 1:180 | 0.49% | 14 |
| 18 | Altun | 1,565 | 1:193 | 1.40% | 84 |
| 19 | Taş | 1,538 | 1:196 | 0.96% | 47 |
| 20 | Karadağ | 1,465 | 1:206 | 2.17% | 166 |
| 21 | Özdemir | 1,351 | 1:223 | 0.26% | 10 |
| 22 | Koç | 1,298 | 1:232 | 0.49% | 17 |
| 23 | Can | 1,198 | 1:252 | 0.56% | 28 |
| 24 | Ekinci | 1,121 | 1:269 | 1.42% | 134 |
| 25 | Alkan | 1,076 | 1:280 | 1.11% | 100 |
| 26 | Arslan | 1,009 | 1:299 | 0.22% | 11 |
| 27 | Demirci | 998 | 1:302 | 0.73% | 62 |
| 28 | Bozkurt | 992 | 1:304 | 0.52% | 34 |
| 29 | Karataş | 988 | 1:305 | 0.65% | 53 |
| 30 | Gündüz | 969 | 1:311 | 0.87% | 85 |
| 31 | Aksu | 968 | 1:311 | 0.99% | 99 |
| 32 | Işık | 937 | 1:322 | 0.50% | 36 |
| 33 | Şimşek | 932 | 1:323 | 0.40% | 22 |
| 34 | Akbaba | 912 | 1:330 | 3.21% | 393 |
| 35 | Budak | 908 | 1:332 | 1.51% | 185 |
| 36 | Vargün | 889 | 1:339 | 47.21% | 4,252 |
| 37 | Çiftçi | 863 | 1:349 | 0.60% | 57 |
| 38 | Gül | 861 | 1:350 | 0.48% | 41 |
| 39 | Kara | 845 | 1:357 | 0.32% | 16 |
| 40 | Erkmen | 836 | 1:361 | 10.40% | 1,286 |
| 41 | Deniz | 823 | 1:366 | 0.62% | 64 |
| 42 | Gök | 802 | 1:376 | 0.79% | 95 |
| 43 | Daşdemir | 799 | 1:377 | 6.00% | 837 |
| 44 | Toptaş | 792 | 1:381 | 6.54% | 889 |
| 45 | Karabulut | 790 | 1:381 | 0.87% | 110 |
| 46 | Karakurt | 788 | 1:382 | 2.93% | 414 |
| 47 | Aladağ | 787 | 1:383 | 5.94% | 840 |
| 48 | Oğul | 784 | 1:384 | 9.85% | 1,298 |
| 49 | Adıgüzel | 757 | 1:398 | 1.85% | 283 |
| 50 | Korkmaz | 756 | 1:399 | 0.33% | 23 |
| 51 | Aydemir | 746 | 1:404 | 0.72% | 89 |
| 51 | Çetinkaya | 746 | 1:404 | 0.65% | 82 |
| 53 | Koçak | 738 | 1:408 | 0.64% | 79 |
| 54 | Cengiz | 717 | 1:420 | 0.77% | 107 |
| 55 | Şahin | 703 | 1:429 | 0.11% | 5 |
| 56 | Avci | 698 | 1:432 | 0.38% | 39 |
| 57 | Cihangir | 658 | 1:458 | 10.31% | 1,567 |
| 58 | Altunbey | 656 | 1:459 | 44.93% | 5,239 |
| 59 | Karabağ | 654 | 1:461 | 6.58% | 1,071 |
| 60 | Atmaca | 637 | 1:473 | 1.38% | 256 |
| 61 | Parlak | 626 | 1:481 | 1.49% | 277 |
| 62 | Erdaği | 622 | 1:485 | 28.39% | 3,757 |
| 63 | Kurt | 617 | 1:488 | 0.24% | 18 |
| 64 | Özkan | 611 | 1:493 | 0.26% | 19 |
| 65 | Bora | 608 | 1:496 | 3.43% | 630 |
| 66 | Güngör | 605 | 1:498 | 0.46% | 66 |
| 67 | Köse | 592 | 1:509 | 0.38% | 49 |
| 68 | Ölmez | 586 | 1:514 | 1.40% | 278 |
| 69 | Ince | 569 | 1:530 | 0.63% | 115 |
| 70 | Gümüş | 568 | 1:531 | 0.51% | 86 |
| 71 | Bozyel | 565 | 1:533 | 11.92% | 2,001 |
| 72 | Yolcu | 563 | 1:535 | 2.30% | 454 |
| 73 | Bağ | 544 | 1:554 | 5.16% | 1,009 |
| 74 | Duman | 542 | 1:556 | 0.44% | 73 |
| 75 | Güzel | 535 | 1:563 | 0.58% | 109 |
| 76 | Yağci | 514 | 1:586 | 1.67% | 366 |
| 77 | Karadeniz | 505 | 1:597 | 0.97% | 220 |
| 78 | Ülker | 503 | 1:599 | 1.73% | 386 |
| 79 | Dağ | 480 | 1:628 | 0.63% | 143 |
| 80 | Çinar | 475 | 1:634 | 0.39% | 72 |
| 81 | Yücel | 474 | 1:636 | 0.56% | 123 |
| 82 | Gürbüz | 471 | 1:640 | 0.60% | 136 |
| 83 | Araz | 464 | 1:650 | 2.67% | 646 |
| 84 | Saridağ | 460 | 1:655 | 10.94% | 2,225 |
| 85 | Taşdemir | 450 | 1:670 | 0.74% | 184 |
| 86 | Karakoç | 443 | 1:680 | 0.84% | 215 |
| 87 | Özbey | 439 | 1:687 | 1.88% | 471 |
| 88 | Varli | 435 | 1:693 | 3.14% | 804 |
| 89 | Topçu | 434 | 1:694 | 0.57% | 144 |
| 90 | Anli | 433 | 1:696 | 10.70% | 2,306 |
| 90 | Ergül | 433 | 1:696 | 1.12% | 298 |
| 90 | Özkesemen | 433 | 1:696 | 71.57% | 10,570 |
| 93 | Kemer | 432 | 1:698 | 8.39% | 1,874 |
| 94 | Alp | 431 | 1:699 | 1.16% | 305 |
| 95 | Çolak | 430 | 1:701 | 0.42% | 90 |
| 96 | Ipek | 428 | 1:704 | 0.68% | 178 |
| 97 | Ertaş | 427 | 1:706 | 1.05% | 287 |
| 98 | Daştan | 424 | 1:711 | 4.29% | 1,073 |
| 98 | Sade | 424 | 1:711 | 15.72% | 3,217 |
| 100 | Çiçek | 423 | 1:712 | 0.30% | 58 |
| 101 | Boz | 419 | 1:719 | 0.96% | 269 |
| 102 | Ataş | 418 | 1:721 | 0.95% | 268 |
| 103 | Acar | 416 | 1:724 | 0.18% | 20 |
| 104 | Birdal | 413 | 1:730 | 8.31% | 1,923 |
| 105 | Yalçın | 410 | 1:735 | 0.20% | 30 |
| 106 | Ilgar | 407 | 1:740 | 11.45% | 2,560 |
| 107 | Boy | 405 | 1:744 | 9.62% | 2,219 |
| 108 | Taşdelen | 398 | 1:757 | 2.22% | 618 |
| 109 | Boztaş | 393 | 1:767 | 3.76% | 1,021 |
| 110 | Özer | 392 | 1:769 | 0.22% | 43 |
| 111 | Tazegül | 390 | 1:773 | 11.43% | 2,639 |
| 112 | Yardimciel | 386 | 1:781 | 55.54% | 9,490 |
| 113 | Özmen | 385 | 1:783 | 0.53% | 149 |
| 114 | Yurttapan | 371 | 1:812 | 37.66% | 7,224 |
| 115 | Oral | 366 | 1:823 | 0.85% | 274 |
| 116 | Çakmak | 356 | 1:847 | 0.27% | 65 |
| 117 | Günay | 353 | 1:854 | 0.57% | 182 |
| 118 | Kiziltaş | 348 | 1:866 | 2.39% | 767 |
| 119 | Ateş | 347 | 1:869 | 0.22% | 50 |
| 120 | Gülderen | 343 | 1:879 | 21.19% | 4,810 |
| 121 | Topkaya | 342 | 1:881 | 5.11% | 1,505 |
| 122 | Avinç | 340 | 1:886 | 30.14% | 6,440 |
| 123 | Güler | 337 | 1:894 | 0.16% | 31 |
| 123 | Şirin | 337 | 1:894 | 1.07% | 360 |
| 125 | Danyıldız | 333 | 1:905 | 24.93% | 5,628 |
| 125 | Kaplan | 333 | 1:905 | 0.19% | 44 |
| 127 | Keleş | 331 | 1:911 | 0.37% | 112 |
| 127 | Çam | 331 | 1:911 | 0.58% | 195 |
| 129 | Güven | 329 | 1:916 | 0.32% | 93 |
| 130 | Durmuş | 328 | 1:919 | 0.36% | 114 |
| 131 | Kuş | 325 | 1:927 | 0.66% | 236 |
| 131 | Şen | 325 | 1:927 | 0.15% | 29 |
| 133 | Çifçi | 323 | 1:933 | 1.20% | 412 |
| 134 | Ayılmazdır | 319 | 1:945 | 47.83% | 9,786 |
| 134 | Demirden | 319 | 1:945 | 18.15% | 4,489 |
| 136 | Gündoğan | 318 | 1:948 | 1.33% | 463 |
| 136 | Çağin | 318 | 1:948 | 11.64% | 3,189 |
| 138 | Aksoy | 310 | 1:972 | 0.20% | 51 |
| 138 | Keskin | 310 | 1:972 | 0.17% | 38 |
| 138 | Taşkıran | 310 | 1:972 | 1.00% | 363 |
| 141 | Gönen | 307 | 1:982 | 2.20% | 800 |
| 141 | Koca | 307 | 1:982 | 0.38% | 131 |
| 143 | Ilkan | 305 | 1:988 | 27.63% | 6,574 |
| 144 | Özkaya | 302 | 1:998 | 0.67% | 264 |
| 145 | Çetin | 301 | 1:1,001 | 0.09% | 15 |
| 146 | Ay | 300 | 1:1,005 | 0.26% | 77 |
| 146 | Baysu | 300 | 1:1,005 | 16.57% | 4,389 |
| 146 | Reçber | 300 | 1:1,005 | 7.30% | 2,279 |
| 146 | Yüce | 300 | 1:1,005 | 0.63% | 242 |
| 150 | Altay | 299 | 1:1,008 | 0.65% | 258 |
| 151 | Göktaş | 298 | 1:1,011 | 0.73% | 285 |
| 151 | Kizil | 298 | 1:1,011 | 1.19% | 441 |
| 151 | Temel | 298 | 1:1,011 | 0.51% | 191 |
| 151 | Yiğit | 298 | 1:1,011 | 0.20% | 52 |
| 155 | Güner | 297 | 1:1,015 | 0.43% | 161 |
| 156 | Inalkaç | 296 | 1:1,018 | 18.66% | 4,893 |
| 156 | Özcan | 296 | 1:1,018 | 0.13% | 24 |
| 158 | Vural | 295 | 1:1,022 | 0.40% | 147 |
| 159 | Erdoğan | 292 | 1:1,032 | 0.13% | 25 |
| 160 | Tekin | 290 | 1:1,039 | 0.18% | 46 |
| 161 | Altuntaş | 289 | 1:1,043 | 0.63% | 253 |
| 162 | Erben | 287 | 1:1,050 | 19.20% | 5,129 |
| 163 | Balci | 285 | 1:1,057 | 0.30% | 104 |
| 164 | Canpolat | 282 | 1:1,069 | 1.24% | 489 |
| 165 | Nebioğlu | 280 | 1:1,076 | 10.31% | 3,202 |
| 166 | Aygün | 277 | 1:1,088 | 0.47% | 188 |
| 166 | Özbek | 277 | 1:1,088 | 0.47% | 189 |
| 168 | Genç | 275 | 1:1,096 | 0.22% | 71 |
| 169 | Akbulak | 274 | 1:1,100 | 6.43% | 2,192 |
| 170 | Oktay | 272 | 1:1,108 | 0.93% | 385 |
| 171 | Sari | 270 | 1:1,116 | 0.16% | 45 |
| 172 | Ürün | 269 | 1:1,120 | 2.91% | 1,138 |
| 173 | Güney | 267 | 1:1,129 | 0.38% | 159 |
| 174 | Aykutlug | 266 | 1:1,133 | 28.54% | 7,561 |
| 175 | Tunç | 264 | 1:1,142 | 0.26% | 91 |
| 176 | Akar | 262 | 1:1,150 | 0.39% | 170 |
| 177 | Kına | 261 | 1:1,155 | 5.30% | 1,944 |
| 178 | Koyuncu | 259 | 1:1,164 | 0.48% | 208 |
| 179 | Ağdaş | 258 | 1:1,168 | 6.21% | 2,259 |
| 180 | Boztoprak | 257 | 1:1,173 | 21.76% | 6,219 |
| 181 | Akyol | 256 | 1:1,177 | 0.37% | 163 |
| 181 | Gözel | 256 | 1:1,177 | 2.91% | 1,179 |
| 181 | Ulu | 256 | 1:1,177 | 1.01% | 437 |
| 184 | Kuyumcu | 255 | 1:1,182 | 3.36% | 1,355 |
| 185 | Top | 254 | 1:1,187 | 0.96% | 424 |
| 186 | Akbulut | 252 | 1:1,196 | 0.30% | 119 |
| 186 | Işçi | 252 | 1:1,196 | 2.41% | 1,023 |
| 188 | Anci | 251 | 1:1,201 | 56.66% | 13,332 |
| 188 | Demirkaya | 251 | 1:1,201 | 1.83% | 812 |
| 190 | Çoban | 249 | 1:1,210 | 0.18% | 59 |
| 191 | Bayrambey | 248 | 1:1,215 | 36.85% | 9,717 |
| 191 | Gülen | 248 | 1:1,215 | 1.22% | 542 |
| 191 | Yaşar | 248 | 1:1,215 | 0.18% | 61 |
| 194 | Kızılkaya | 247 | 1:1,220 | 0.84% | 383 |
| 194 | Uluğ | 247 | 1:1,220 | 3.23% | 1,347 |
| 196 | Kesgin | 246 | 1:1,225 | 2.16% | 937 |
| 197 | Atiz | 245 | 1:1,230 | 15.78% | 4,965 |
| 197 | Özvariş | 245 | 1:1,230 | 37.52% | 9,965 |
| 199 | Bilgi | 242 | 1:1,245 | 1.74% | 803 |
| 199 | Bozdağ | 242 | 1:1,245 | 0.94% | 431 |