Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karaçöl

Karaçöl /kaɾaˈtʃøl/ ASCII Karacol

“black desert, barren steppe”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Karaçöl?

Karaçöl

IPA /kaɾaˈtʃøl/

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

What does the surname Karaçöl mean?

From kara “black” and çöl “desert, barren land”: “black desert”, the image of a wide, waterless, empty steppe or wasteland. Names of this kind usually arise as place names from the look of the land.2,3

Grammar Adjective kara + noun çöl.

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

What is Karaçöl made of?

Karaçöl is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kara (kara: black; great) + çöl (çöl: desert, barren land).

Karaçöl + first element kara kara: black; great TURKIC kara “black; harsh” root çöl çöl: desert, barren land TURKIC çöl “wide sandy, waterlessland; barren place” Karaçöl kara first element kara: black; great kara TURKIC “black; harsh” çöl root çöl: desert, barren land çöl TURKIC “wide sandy, waterless land;barren place”
Karaçöl: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black; harsh2
  • çöl Turkic — wide sandy, waterless land; barren place3

How was the name Karaçöl formed?

Karaçöl was formed by joining kara (“kara: black; great”) and çöl (“çöl: desert, barren land”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Karaçöl?

Karaçöl 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 – –

Where in Türkiye is Karaçöl most common?

Karaçöl is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 28th in Iğdır.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 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 · rank 28 · 680 people Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Karaçöl: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
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How is Karaçöl written and pronounced abroad?

English-language records usually print Karaçöl as Karacol, dropping the diacritics.

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: çöl accessed 9 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çöl accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kara accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Karaçöl

Q1

What does the surname Karaçöl mean?

From kara “black” and çöl “desert, barren land”: “black desert”, the image of a wide, waterless, empty steppe or wasteland. Names of this kind usually arise as place names from the look of the land.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karaçöl?

Karaçöl is made up of two elements: kara “black; harsh” (Turkic) and çöl “wide sandy, waterless land; barren place” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Karaçöl?

Ka·ra·çöl, 3 syllables; IPA: /kaɾaˈtʃøl/.