Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Gümüş

Gümüş /ɟyˈmyʃ/ ASCII Gumus

“silver”2

Province lists
41
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Gümüş?

Gümüş

IPA /ɟyˈmyʃ/

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

What does the surname Gümüş mean?

Gümüş is silver, the bright white precious metal. The word appears as kümüş in the Orkhon inscriptions and goes back to Proto-Turkic *kümüĺ. As a name it stands for value, brilliance and purity, and it is also given to women and men.2

Gümüş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Gümüş made of?

Gümüş is a single root: gümüş (silver).

Gümüş root gümüş silver TURKIC gümüş “silver” Gümüş gümüş root silver gümüş TURKIC “silver”
Gümüş: parts and root words
  • gümüş Turkic — silver2

How was the name Gümüş formed?

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

Which surnames are related to Gümüş?

Gümüş Gümüşay Gümüşpala Gümüşdağ Gümüşdere Özgümüş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gümüşay same root – –
02 Gümüşpala same root – –
03 Gümüşdağ same root – –
04 Gümüşdere same root – –
05 Özgümüş same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Gümüş most common?

Gümüş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 4 provinces; its best rank is 16th in Mardin.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 25 · 785 people Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı · rank 17 · 838 people 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 Mardin · rank 16 · 4,055 people Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu · rank 28 · 2,612 people 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 4
  • Not listed
Gümüş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Mardin164,055
02Ordu282,612
03Çankırı17838
04Artvin25785

Who are some well-known people named Gümüş?

  1. Sinan Gümüş association football player 1994–
  2. Esra Gümüş volleyball player 1982–
  3. Samet Gümüş boxer 2001–
  4. Emine Gümüş association football player 1992–
  5. Ferit Gümüş basketball player 1985–
  6. Serkan Gümüş ice hockey player 1992–
  7. Semih Gümüş author 1956–
  8. Sude Gümüş volleyball player 2003–

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

Is Gümüş also a first name?

Yes. Gümüş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “silver”.

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

How is Gümüş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Gümüş is usually written Gumus or Guemues.

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: gümüş 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 Gümüş

Q1

What does the surname Gümüş mean?

Gümüş is silver, the bright white precious metal. The word appears as kümüş in the Orkhon inscriptions and goes back to Proto-Turkic *kümüĺ. As a name it stands for value, brilliance and purity, and it is also given to women and men.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Gümüş?

The root word of Gümüş is gümüş (Turkic): “silver”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Gümüş?

Gü·müş, 2 syllables; IPA: /ɟyˈmyʃ/.