Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ceyhan

Ceyhan /dʒejˈhan/

“the river Ceyhan; a given name”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
mixed
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Provinces
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Ceyhan?

Ceyhan

IPA /dʒejˈhan/

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

What does the surname Ceyhan mean?

Ceyhan is the river that rises in the Taurus and flows through the Çukurova plain to the Mediterranean, and also a district of Adana. Known in antiquity as the Pyramos, the river got its present name from the form Jayhān used by medieval Islamic geographers. Ceyhan is also a male given name.2

That Ceyhan goes back to Ceyhan is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Ceyhan made of?

Ceyhan is a single Arabic root: Ceyhan (Ceyhan: a river and district in Çukurova).

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Ceyhan: parts and root words
  • Ceyhan Arabic — the medieval Islamic geographers’ name Jayhān for the river called Pyramos in antiquity2

How was the name Ceyhan formed?

Ceyhan comes from a place name: Ceyhan (“Ceyhan: a river and district in Çukurova”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Where in Türkiye is Ceyhan most common?

Ceyhan is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 21st in Kahramanmaraş.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş · rank 21 · 4,347 people 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
Ceyhan: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Kahramanmaraş214,347

Who are some well-known people named Ceyhan?

  1. Cihangir Ceyhan actor 1989–
  2. Ahmet Ceyhan association football player 1951–
  3. Esra Ceyhan television presenter 1969–
  4. Mehmet Ceyhan university teacher 1957–
  5. Deniz Ceyhan researcher
  6. Diyan Ceyhan association football player 2001–
  7. Elvan Ceyhan researcher 1974–
  8. Erman Ceyhan researcher

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

Is Ceyhan also a first name?

Yes. Ceyhan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “the river Ceyhan; a given name”.

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

Common questions about Ceyhan

Q1

What does the surname Ceyhan mean?

Ceyhan is the river that rises in the Taurus and flows through the Çukurova plain to the Mediterranean, and also a district of Adana. Known in antiquity as the Pyramos, the river got its present name from the form Jayhān used by medieval Islamic geographers. Ceyhan is also a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ceyhan?

The root word of Ceyhan is Ceyhan (Arabic): “the medieval Islamic geographers’ name Jayhān for the river called Pyramos in antiquity”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ceyhan?

Cey·han, 2 syllables; IPA: /dʒejˈhan/.