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Canpolat

Canpolat /dʒanpoˈɫat/

“soul of steel”2

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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Provinces
  8. §8Notable people
  9. §9As a first name
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Canpolat?

Canpolat

IPA /dʒanpoˈɫat/

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

What does the surname Canpolat mean?

Formed from two words of Persian origin: can “soul, life” and polat “steel”. The name gives the image of someone with a soul of steel, tough and unbreakable; Polat on its own is also an old male given name.2,3

Grammar Compound can + polat; polat is the head, can the modifier.

That Canpolat goes back to can and polat is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Canpolat made of?

Canpolat is Persian in origin and breaks into 2 parts: can (can: soul, life) + polat (polat: steel).

Canpolat + root can can: soul, life PERSIAN can “soul, life; dear one” root polat polat: steel PERSIAN polat “steel (Persian pūlād)” Canpolat can root can: soul, life can PERSIAN “soul, life; dear one” polat root polat: steel polat PERSIAN “steel (Persian pūlād)”
Canpolat: parts and root words
  • can Persian — soul, life; dear one2
  • polat Persian — steel (Persian pūlād)3

How was the name Canpolat formed?

Canpolat was formed by joining can (“can: soul, life”) and polat (“polat: steel”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Canpolat?

Canpolat Polat Özcan Can Ercan Demircan Candan Tezcan Karacan Babacan Gürcan Arıcan Caner
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Polat same root 19 273,871
02 Özcan same root 25 233,820
03 Can same root 27 230,085
04 Ercan same root – –
05 Demircan same root – –
06 Candan same root – –
07 Tezcan same root – –
08 Karacan same root – –
09 Babacan same root – –
10 Gürcan same root – –
11 Arıcan same root – –
12 Caner same root – –

How else is Canpolat spelled?

Canbolatspelling

Where in Türkiye is Canpolat most common?

Canpolat is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 26th in Elazığ.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ · rank 26 · 2,180 people Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş 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 1
  • Not listed
Canpolat: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Elazığ262,180

Who are some well-known people named Canpolat?

  1. Erdem Canpolat association football player 2001–
  2. Hasan Canpolat statesperson 1963–
  3. Nihat Canpolat bureaucrat 1958–
  4. Emre Canpolat actor 1981–
  5. Eylem Canpolat screenwriter 1976–
  6. Orhan Canpolat association football player 1919–
  7. Asena Gökçay Canpolat researcher
  8. Aykut Canpolat mechanical engineer 1982–

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

Is Canpolat also a first name?

Yes. Canpolat is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “soul of steel”.

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

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: can accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: polat accessed 9 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: polat accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: can accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Canpolat

Q1

What does the surname Canpolat mean?

Formed from two words of Persian origin: can “soul, life” and polat “steel”. The name gives the image of someone with a soul of steel, tough and unbreakable; Polat on its own is also an old male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Canpolat?

Canpolat is made up of two elements: can “soul, life; dear one” (Persian) and polat “steel (Persian pūlād)” (Persian).
Q3

How do you pronounce Canpolat?

Can·po·lat, 3 syllables; IPA: /dʒanpoˈɫat/.