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Duman

Duman /duˈman/

“smoke; mist”2

Province lists
61
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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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. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Duman?

Duman

IPA /duˈman/

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

What does the surname Duman mean?

Duman is smoke, the vapour rising from something burning; it is also used for the mist that wraps mountain tops, as in the song line dağ başını duman almış, “mist has covered the mountain top”. The surname may come from this image or from the wish that the hearth keep smoking. It ends in -man but does not contain that suffix.2

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

Duman is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Duman made of?

Duman is a single root: duman (smoke; mist, fog).

Duman root duman smoke; mist, fog TURKIC duman “smoke; fog, mist” Duman duman root smoke; mist, fog duman TURKIC “smoke; fog, mist”
Duman: parts and root words
  • duman Turkic — smoke; fog, mist2

How was the name Duman formed?

Duman belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Duman?

Duman Karaduman Dumanlı Dumanoğlu Akduman
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Karaduman same root – –
02 Dumanlı same root – –
03 Dumanoğlu same root – –
04 Akduman same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Duman most common?

Duman is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 6 provinces; its best rank is 16th in Hakkari.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir · rank 28 · 3,843 people Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari · rank 16 · 1,736 people Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu · rank 24 · 2,735 people Rize Sakarya · rank 30 · 3,120 people Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas · rank 30 · 2,127 people Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van · rank 22 · 3,674 people 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 6
  • Not listed
Duman: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Balıkesir283,843
02Van223,674
03Sakarya303,120
04Ordu242,735
05Sivas302,127
06Hakkari161,736

Who are some well-known people named Duman?

  1. Güler Duman singer 1967–
  2. Feyyaz Duman actor 1982–
  3. Ahmet Duman amateur wrestler 1999–
  4. Ayşenur Duman cross-country skier 1999–
  5. Nurduran Duman writer 1974–
  6. Hatice Duman journalist 1974–
  7. Osman Kürşat Duman association football player 1987–
  8. Sibel Duman association football player 1990–

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

Is Duman also a first name?

Yes. Duman is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “smoke; mist”.

Duman 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 Wiktionary: duman accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) 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 8 November 2026

Common questions about Duman

Q1

What does the surname Duman mean?

Duman is smoke, the vapour rising from something burning; it is also used for the mist that wraps mountain tops, as in the song line dağ başını duman almış, “mist has covered the mountain top”. The surname may come from this image or from the wish that the hearth keep smoking. It ends in -man but does not contain that suffix.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Duman?

The root word of Duman is duman (Turkic): “smoke; fog, mist”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Duman?

Du·man, 2 syllables; IPA: /duˈman/.