Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Dursunoğlu

Dursunoğlu /duɾsunoːˈɫu/ ASCII Dursunoglu

“son of Dursun”2

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Formation
Patronymic
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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 Dursunoğlu?

Dursunoğlu

IPA /duɾsunoːˈɫu/

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

What does the surname Dursunoğlu mean?

Dursunoğlu means “son of Dursun”. Dursun is the third-person imperative of durmak, “to stay”, and carries the wish “may he stay, may he live”; Turkish dictionaries give the name with this sense. Wish names of this kind were given in the hope that a child would survive.1,2

Grammar Dursun (dur- + -sun, 3rd sg. imperative) + -oğlu.

What is Dursunoğlu made of?

Dursunoğlu breaks into 2 parts: Dursun (male name: “may he stay, may he live”) + -oğlu (son of).

Dursunoğlu ++ root Dursun male name: “may he stay,may he live” TURKIC Dursun “imperative of durmak,‘may he stay, live’” suffix -oğlu son of TURKIC oğul “son” Dursunoğlu Dursun root male name: “may he stay, may he live” Dursun TURKIC “imperative of durmak, ‘may hestay, live’” -oğlu suffix son of oğul TURKIC “son”
Dursunoğlu: parts and root words
  • Dursun Turkic — imperative of durmak, “may he stay, live”2
  • oğul Turkic — son1

How was the name Dursunoğlu formed?

Dursunoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (Dursun + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Dursunoğlu?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Dursun same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Dursunoğlu?

  1. Seyfi Dursunoğlu stage actor 1932–2020
  2. Cevat Dursunoğlu politician 1892–1970
  3. Benan Dursunoğlu researcher

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

How is Dursunoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Dursunoglu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Dursun accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Dursun 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

Common questions about Dursunoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Dursunoğlu mean?

Dursunoğlu means “son of Dursun”. Dursun is the third-person imperative of durmak, “to stay”, and carries the wish “may he stay, may he live”; Turkish dictionaries give the name with this sense. Wish names of this kind were given in the hope that a child would survive.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Dursunoğlu?

The root word of Dursunoğlu is Dursun (Turkic): ‘imperative of durmak, “may he stay, live”’.
Q3

How do you pronounce Dursunoğlu?

Dur·su·noğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /duɾsunoːˈɫu/.