Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çukurova

Çukurova /tʃukuɾoˈva/ ASCII Cukurova

“plain in Adana (place name)”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Çukurova?

Çukurova

IPA /tʃukuɾoˈva/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Çukurova mean?

Çukurova is the name of the broad plain in Adana Province and of a district in the same province; a village near Trabzon also bears the name. It is made of çukur ‘hollow’ and ova ‘plain’. The surname carries this place name.1,2

Grammar çukur + ova; a place name.

What is Çukurova made of?

Çukurova is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: çukur (hollow, pit) + ova (plain).

Çukurova + root çukur hollow, pit TURKIC Çukurova “plain and district inAdana” root ova plain TURKIC ova “plain” Çukurova çukur root hollow, pit Çukurova TURKIC “plain and district in Adana” ova root plain ova TURKIC “plain”
Çukurova: parts and root words
  • Çukurova Turkic — plain and district in Adana2
  • ova Turkic — plain1

How was the name Çukurova formed?

Çukurova was formed by joining çukur (“hollow, pit”) and ova (“plain”).

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

Which surnames are related to Çukurova?

Çukurova Ovalı Akova Altınova Şenova Özovalı Taşova Alova Çukur
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Ovalı same root – –
02 Akova same root – –
03 Altınova same root – –
04 Şenova same root – –
05 Özovalı same root – –
06 Taşova same root – –
07 Alova same root – –
08 Çukur same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çukurova?

  1. Burak Çukurova racing automobile driver 1978–
  2. Yakup Çukurova jurist 1915–1995
  3. Mutlu Çukurova researcher
  4. Zafer Çukurova researcher
  5. İbrahim Çukurova researcher

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

How is Çukurova written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Cukurova in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ova accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Çukurova accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Çukurova 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

Common questions about Çukurova

Q1

What does the surname Çukurova mean?

Çukurova is the name of the broad plain in Adana Province and of a district in the same province; a village near Trabzon also bears the name. It is made of çukur ‘hollow’ and ova ‘plain’. The surname carries this place name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çukurova?

The root word of Çukurova is ova (Turkic): “plain”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çukurova?

Çu·ku·ro·va, 4 syllables; IPA: /tʃukuɾoˈva/.