Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 271

Alakuş

Alakuş /aɫaˈkuʃ/ ASCII Alakus

“pied bird”1

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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Alakuş?

Alakuş

IPA /aɫaˈkuʃ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Alakuş mean?

Alakuş means ‘pied bird, speckled bird’, from ala ‘variegated’ and kuş ‘bird’. Both words go back to Proto-Turkic. Villages named Alakuş exist in Mardin and Tunceli.1,2

Grammar ala + kuş.

That Alakuş goes back to ala and kuş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Alakuş made of?

Alakuş is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: ala (ala: pied, variegated) + kuş (kuş: bird).

Alakuş + root ala ala: pied, variegated TURKIC ala “pied, variegated(Proto-Turkic *āla)” root kuş kuş: bird TURKIC kuş “bird” Alakuş ala root ala: pied, variegated ala TURKIC “pied, variegated (Proto-Turkic*āla)” kuş root kuş: bird kuş TURKIC “bird”
Alakuş: parts and root words
  • ala Turkic — pied, variegated (Proto-Turkic *āla)1
  • kuş Turkic — bird2

How was the name Alakuş formed?

Alakuş was formed by joining ala (“ala: pied, variegated”) and kuş (“kuş: bird”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Alakuş?

Alakuş Karakuş Akkuş Kuş Alagöz Kuşçu Aladağ Alataş Çalıkuşu Kuşoğlu Aladoğan Cennetkuşu Kuşçubaşı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Karakuş same root – –
02 Akkuş same root – –
03 Kuş same root – –
04 Alagöz same root – –
05 Kuşçu same root – –
06 Aladağ same root – –
07 Alataş same root – –
08 Çalıkuşu same root – –
09 Kuşoğlu same root – –
10 Aladoğan same root – –
11 Cennetkuşu same root – –
12 Kuşçubaşı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Alakuş?

  1. Buket Alakuş screenwriter 1971–
  2. Hüseyin Alakuş researcher
  3. Mehmet Fuat Alakuş researcher

People surnamed Alakuş as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Is Alakuş also a first name?

Yes. Alakuş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “pied bird”.

Alakuş as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Alakuş written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is usually written Alakus.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ala accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kuş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ala accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: alakuş accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Alakuş

Q1

What does the surname Alakuş mean?

Alakuş means ‘pied bird, speckled bird’, from ala ‘variegated’ and kuş ‘bird’. Both words go back to Proto-Turkic. Villages named Alakuş exist in Mardin and Tunceli.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Alakuş?

Alakuş is made up of two elements: ala “pied, variegated (Proto-Turkic *āla)” (Turkic) and kuş “bird” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Alakuş?

A·la·kuş, 3 syllables; IPA: /aɫaˈkuʃ/.