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Karabulut

Karabulut /kaɾabuˈɫut/

“dark cloud”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
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Formation
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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 Karabulut?

Karabulut

IPA /kaɾabuˈɫut/

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

What does the surname Karabulut mean?

Kara joins bulut, “cloud”: “dark cloud”, the heavy cloud that brings rain or storm. In a dry land a rain cloud heralds plenty, so the image can also be read positively. It is also recorded as a male given name.2,3

Grammar Adjective-plus-noun compound: kara + bulut.

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

What is Karabulut made of?

Karabulut is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kara (black, dark) + bulut (cloud).

Karabulut + first element kara black, dark TURKIC kara “black, dark” root bulut cloud TURKIC bulut “cloud” Karabulut kara first element black, dark kara TURKIC “black, dark” bulut root cloud bulut TURKIC “cloud”
Karabulut: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black, dark2
  • bulut Turkic — cloud3

How was the name Karabulut formed?

Karabulut was formed by joining kara (“black, dark”) and bulut (“cloud”).

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

Which surnames are related to Karabulut?

Karabulut Kara Bulut Karataş Karahan Karaca Karakaş Karadağ Akbulut Karakaya Karakoç Karaaslan Karagöz
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 Bulut same root – –
03 Karataş same root – –
04 Karahan same root – –
05 Karaca same root – –
06 Karakaş same root – –
07 Karadağ same root – –
08 Akbulut same root – –
09 Karakaya same root – –
10 Karakoç same root – –
11 Karaaslan same root – –
12 Karagöz same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Karabulut most common?

Karabulut is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 19th in Elazığ.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ · rank 19 · 2,863 people Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu 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 1
  • Not listed
Karabulut: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Elazığ192,863

Who are some well-known people named Karabulut?

  1. Aydın Karabulut association football player 1988–
  2. Özkan Karabulut association football player 1991–
  3. Arzu Karabulut association football player 1991–
  4. Ersin Karabulut comics artist 1981–
  5. Derya Karabulut volleyball player 1984–
  6. Orhan Karabulut soldier 1927–2023
  7. Abdülhalik Karabulut academic 1968–
  8. Aysun Bay Karabulut researcher

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

Is Karabulut also a first name?

Yes. Karabulut is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “dark cloud”.

Karabulut 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 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kara accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bulut accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kara accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bulut accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Karabulut 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  10. 10 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Karabulut

Q1

What does the surname Karabulut mean?

Kara joins bulut, “cloud”: “dark cloud”, the heavy cloud that brings rain or storm. In a dry land a rain cloud heralds plenty, so the image can also be read positively. It is also recorded as a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karabulut?

Karabulut is made up of two elements: kara “black, dark” (Turkic) and bulut “cloud” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Karabulut?

Ka·ra·bu·lut, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾabuˈɫut/.