Category·Lineage, place and name patterns·326 surnames·Page 4 of 4

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This page lists entries 247–326 of 326 (Mavituna … Yurtalan), ordered by national rank and then alphabetically. The introduction and charts are on page 1.

All surnames in this category

The list grows as surnames are added to the dictionary.
#	Surname	Meaning	Origin	Letters
247	Mavituna	the blue Danube	Other	8
248	Menderes	the Meander river	Greek	8
249	Menemencioğlu	son of the Menemenci	Other	13
250	Menteşe	hinge; name of a principality	Persian	7
251	Meriç	the Maritsa river	Other	5
252	Mısır	Egypt; maize	Arabic	5
253	Mısırlıyan	son of the Egyptian	Arabic	10
254	Muğan	the Mughan plain	Other	5
255	Muratdağı	Murat Mountain	Turkic	9
256	Necef	Najaf (city in Iraq)	Arabic	5
257	Onan	the Onon river; “may he prosper”	Mongolic	4
258	Ordu	Ordu province; army	Turkic	4
259	Orhon	the Orkhon River		5
260	Orhun	the Orkhon river		5
261	Orta	middle; moderate	Turkic	4
262	Ören	ruins, ruined site	Turkic	4
263	Örkün	the Orkhon river		5
264	Özalp	true hero, noble hero	Turkic	5
265	Özdarende	öz + Darende (place)		9
266	Öztuna	pure Danube	Other	6
267	Özvardar	öz + the river Vardar	Greek	8
268	Pamir	mountain range in Central Asia	Other	5
269	Pasin	place name in Erzurum		5
270	Pazar	market, bazaar	Persian	5
271	Pınarbaşı	head of the spring	Turkic	9
272	Sakarya	the Sakarya river and province	Greek	7
273	Sarıyer	district of Istanbul; ‘yellow place’	Turkic	7
274	Savranbaşı	head of Savran	Turkic	10
275	Seba	Sheba (Saba)	Arabic	4
276	Selçuk	eponymous ancestor of the Seljuks	Turkic	6
277	Seyhan	the river Seyhan (Adana)	Other	6
278	Seyhun	the Syr Darya river	Arabic	6
279	Siber	shade; the Sibir khanate	Kurdish	5
280	Simavi	from Simav	Greek	6
281	Soğukçay	cold brook	Turkic	8
282	Söke	Söke (district of Aydın)	Greek	4
283	Susuz	waterless, arid	Turkic	5
284	Sümer	Sumer, ancient Mesopotamian people	Other	5
285	Sürmeneli	from Sürmene	Greek	9
286	Şamlı	from Damascus	Arabic	5
287	Şehitler	martyrs; a village name	Arabic	8
288	Taraklı	district in Sakarya; crested	Turkic	7
289	Tarlabaşı	head of the field; Istanbul quarter	Turkic	9
290	Taşkent	Tashkent; stone town	Other	7
291	Taşköprü	stone bridge; a town in Kastamonu	Turkic	8
292	Taşova	stony plain; district in Amasya	Turkic	6
293	Tepecik	little hill	Turkic	7
294	Tercan	Tercan, a district of Erzincan; fresh soul		6
295	Tibet	Tibet (the region)		5
296	Tokat	from Tokat (province)	Greek	5
297	Toros	the Taurus Mountains	Greek	5
298	Toroslu	from the Taurus	Greek	7
299	Toyran	Toyran (Dojran, North Macedonia)	Other	6
300	Tuna	the Danube	Other	4
301	Tunaboylu	from the Danube banks	Turkic	9
302	Tunca	the river Tunca (Tundzha)	Other	5
303	Turani	Turanian, of Turan	Persian	6
304	Turantepe	hill of Turan	Turkic	9
305	Tutak	handle, grip	Turkic	5
306	Türkali	name of several places		7
307	Türkeli	land of the Turks; district in Sinop	Turkic	7
308	Türkoğlu	son of Türk	Turkic	8
309	Uludağ	great mountain; Uludağ at Bursa	Turkic	6
310	Ural	name of the Ural Mountains	Turkic	4
311	Uşak	Aegean province; child	Turkic	4
312	Uzunçarşılı	of Uzunçarşı (“long bazaar”)	Persian	11
313	Ürkmez	one who does not shy, fearless	Turkic	6
314	Vanlıoğlu	son of the man from Van	Other	9
315	Vardar	name of a Balkan river	Other	6
316	Vardarlı	from the Vardar valley		8
317	Yalova	city and province on the Marmara		6
318	Yalvaç	envoy, prophet	Turkic	6
319	Yanya	the city of Ioannina	Greek	5
320	Yardımlı	helpful; a town in Azerbaijan	Turkic	8
321	Yatağan	yataghan; a town in Muğla	Turkic	7
322	Yenice	place name; fairly new	Turkic	6
323	Yenidoğan	newborn	Turkic	9
324	Yeşilbayır	green hillside	Turkic	10
325	Yeşilyurt	green homeland	Turkic	9
326	Yurtalan	one who wins a homeland	Turkic	8