Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kahraman

Kahraman /kahɾaˈman/

“hero”2

Province lists
41
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
8 / 3
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 Kahraman?

Kahraman

IPA /kahɾaˈman/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Kahraman mean?

A kahraman is a hero, someone who shows great courage and does not flinch from danger. The word came into Ottoman Turkish from Persian qahramān. It also means the protagonist of an epic or tale, and it is a common male given name.2

Grammar A single word; the final -man is unrelated to the Turkish suffix -man.

Kahraman is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kahraman made of?

Kahraman is a single root: kahraman (hero).

Kahraman root kahraman hero PERSIAN qahramān “hero” Kahraman kahraman root hero qahramān PERSIAN “hero”
Kahraman: parts and root words
  • qahramān Persian — hero2

How was the name Kahraman formed?

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

Which surnames are related to Kahraman?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kahramaner same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Kahraman most common?

Kahraman is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 4 provinces; its best rank is 13th in Kütahya.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 · rank 30 · 4,030 people Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya · rank 13 · 3,267 people Malatya Manisa · rank 24 · 4,295 people Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak · rank 25 · 1,429 people 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
Kahraman: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Manisa244,295
02Kayseri304,030
03Kütahya133,267
04Uşak251,429

Who are some well-known people named Kahraman?

  1. İsmail Kahraman politician 1940–
  2. Volkan Kahraman politician 1979–2023
  3. İlyas Kahraman association football player 1976–
  4. Cihan Kahraman association football player 1998–
  5. Erol Kahraman association football player 1983–
  6. Emre Kahraman association football player 1987–
  7. Hasan Bülent Kahraman author 1957–
  8. Ata Kahraman basketball player 1999–

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

Is Kahraman also a first name?

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

Kahraman 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: qahramān accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kahraman 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kahraman

Q1

What does the surname Kahraman mean?

A kahraman is a hero, someone who shows great courage and does not flinch from danger. The word came into Ottoman Turkish from Persian qahramān. It also means the protagonist of an epic or tale, and it is a common male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kahraman?

The root word of Kahraman is qahramān (Persian): “hero”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kahraman?

Kah·ra·man, 3 syllables; IPA: /kahɾaˈman/.