Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bingöl

Bingöl /binˈɟøl/ ASCII Bingol

“a thousand lakes (place name)”2

Province lists
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Letters / syllables
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Formation
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Bingöl?

Bingöl

IPA /binˈɟøl/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bingöl mean?

Bingöl names a province and a mountain range in eastern Anatolia; it is formed from bin, “thousand”, and göl, “lake”: “a thousand lakes”. The many small lakes on the slopes of the Bingöl Mountains explain the name. The surname comes from this place name.2,3

Grammar A place name; structurally bin + göl.

What is Bingöl made of?

Bingöl is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: bin (thousand) + göl (lake).

Bingöl + root bin thousand TURKIC bin “thousand” root göl lake TURKIC göl “lake” Bingöl bin root thousand bin TURKIC “thousand” göl root lake göl TURKIC “lake”
Bingöl: parts and root words
  • bin Turkic — thousand2
  • göl Turkic — lake3

How was the name Bingöl formed?

Bingöl was formed by joining bin (“thousand”) and göl (“lake”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.9

Which surnames are related to Bingöl?

Bingöl Akgöl Bingül Binay Binboğa Göllü Bingölçe Binoğul Binyazar Göl Göltekin
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akgöl same root – –
02 Bingül same root – –
03 Binay same root – –
04 Binboğa same root – –
05 Göllü same root – –
06 Bingölçe same root – –
07 Binoğul same root – –
08 Binyazar same root – –
09 Göl same root – –
10 Göltekin same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Bingöl most common?

Bingöl is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 3 provinces; its best rank is 6th in Muş.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl · rank 8 · 1,407 people Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum · rank 17 · 3,863 people Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş · rank 6 · 4,304 people Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 3
  • Not listed
Bingöl: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Muş64,304
02Erzurum173,863
03Bingöl81,407

Who are some well-known people named Bingöl?

  1. Yavuz Bingöl actor 1964–
  2. Ayça Bingöl actor 1975–
  3. Tayfur Bingöl association football player 1993–
  4. Tekin Bingöl politician 1955–
  5. İbrahim Bingöl association football player 1993–
  6. Rodin Alper Bingöl creative director 1984–
  7. Doğu Bingöl ice hockey player 1995–
  8. Rıfat Bingöl politician 1901–1974

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

How is Bingöl written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Bingöl is usually written Bingol or Bingoel.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bin accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: göl accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Bingöl accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bin accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Wiktionary: göl accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Bingöl accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  10. 10 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bingöl

Q1

What does the surname Bingöl mean?

Bingöl names a province and a mountain range in eastern Anatolia; it is formed from bin, “thousand”, and göl, “lake”: “a thousand lakes”. The many small lakes on the slopes of the Bingöl Mountains explain the name. The surname comes from this place name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bingöl?

Bingöl is made up of two elements: bin “thousand” (Turkic) and göl “lake” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Bingöl?

Bin·göl, 2 syllables; IPA: /binˈɟøl/.