Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karabacak

Karabacak /kaɾabaˈdʒak/

“black-legged; nickname”1

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

How do you pronounce Karabacak?

Karabacak

IPA /kaɾabaˈdʒak/

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

What does the surname Karabacak mean?

Karabacak means ‘black leg’ and most likely began as a nickname for someone with dark or hairy legs; there are also Anatolian villages of this name. In the dictionary karabacak is also the name of a fungal disease that covers beet seedlings with black spots.1,2,3

Grammar kara + bacak: adjective–noun compound.

That Karabacak goes back to kara and bacak is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Karabacak made of?

Karabacak is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kara (black) + bacak (leg).

Karabacak ++ first element kara black TURKIC kara “black” root bacak leg TURKIC bacak “leg” TURKIC karabacak “a fungal disease of beetseedlings” Karabacak kara first element black kara TURKIC “black” bacak root leg bacak TURKIC “leg” karabacak TURKIC “a fungal disease of beetseedlings”
Karabacak: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black1
  • bacak Turkic — leg2
  • karabacak Turkic — a fungal disease of beet seedlings3

How was the name Karabacak formed?

Karabacak was formed by joining kara (“black”) and bacak (“leg”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.8

Which surnames are related to Karabacak?

Karabacak Kara Karataş Karahan Karaca Karakaş Karadağ Karakaya Karakoç Karaaslan Karagöz Baykara Karabulut
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kara same root 16 290,024
02 Karataş same root – –
03 Karahan same root – –
04 Karaca same root – –
05 Karakaş same root – –
06 Karadağ same root – –
07 Karakaya same root – –
08 Karakoç same root – –
09 Karaaslan same root – –
10 Karagöz same root – –
11 Baykara same root – –
12 Karabulut same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Karabacak?

  1. Reşit Karabacak amateur wrestler 1954–2020
  2. Tuğçe Karabacak film actor 1987–
  3. Adnan Karabacak actor 1963–
  4. Dursun Karabacak association football player 1965–
  5. Hasan Karabacak politician 1877–1945
  6. Osman Karabacak botanist
  7. Recep Karabacak association football player 1998–
  8. Ömer Karabacak association football player 1979–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kara accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bacak accessed 9 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Karabacak accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kara accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bacak accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: karabacak accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Karabacak

Q1

What does the surname Karabacak mean?

Karabacak means ‘black leg’ and most likely began as a nickname for someone with dark or hairy legs; there are also Anatolian villages of this name. In the dictionary karabacak is also the name of a fungal disease that covers beet seedlings with black spots.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karabacak?

Karabacak is made up of two elements: kara “black” (Turkic) and bacak “leg” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Karabacak?

Ka·ra·ba·cak, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾabaˈdʒak/.