Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karadeniz

Karadeniz /kaɾadeˈniz/

“the Black Sea”2

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

How do you pronounce Karadeniz?

Karadeniz

IPA /kaɾadeˈniz/

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

What does the surname Karadeniz mean?

Karadeniz is what Turkish calls the Black Sea, the inland sea north of Anatolia. It is formed from kara, “black”, and deniz, “sea”; Wiktionary notes that in the old Turkic colour-direction system kara could mean “north”, and that the name may go back to Proto-Turkic *kara teŋiŕ. The surname comes from the name of this sea or its coastal region.2

Grammar A place name; structurally kara + deniz.

What is Karadeniz made of?

Karadeniz breaks into 2 parts: kara (black; north in the old colour-direction system) + deniz (sea).

Karadeniz + first element kara black; north in the oldcolour-direction system TURKIC Karadeniz “the Black Sea” root deniz sea Karadeniz kara first element black; north in the oldcolour-direction system Karadeniz TURKIC “the Black Sea” deniz root sea
Karadeniz: parts and root words
  • Karadeniz Turkic — the Black Sea2

How was the name Karadeniz formed?

Karadeniz belongs to the “place name” class of surnames (kara + deniz).

Which surnames are related to Karadeniz?

Karadeniz Deniz Akdeniz Denizli Erdeniz Aydeniz Denizci Eldeniz Denizer Denizeri Engindeniz
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
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01 Deniz same root – –
02 Akdeniz same root – –
03 Denizli same root – –
04 Erdeniz same root – –
05 Aydeniz same root – –
06 Denizci same root – –
07 Eldeniz same root – –
08 Denizer same root – –
09 Denizeri same root – –
10 Engindeniz same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Karadeniz most common?

Karadeniz is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 28th in Bayburt.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 · rank 28 · 348 people 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
Karadeniz: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Bayburt28348

Who are some well-known people named Karadeniz?

  1. Gökdeniz Karadeniz association football player 1980–
  2. Batuhan Karadeniz association football player 1991–
  3. Süleyman Karadeniz amateur wrestler 1995–
  4. Gökhan Karadeniz association football player 1990–
  5. Merve Karadeniz amateur wrestler
  6. Özgür Karadeniz actor 1977–
  7. Barış Karadeniz politician 1975–
  8. Harun Karadeniz politician 1942–1975

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

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: Karadeniz 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

Common questions about Karadeniz

Q1

What does the surname Karadeniz mean?

Karadeniz is what Turkish calls the Black Sea, the inland sea north of Anatolia. It is formed from kara, “black”, and deniz, “sea”; Wiktionary notes that in the old Turkic colour-direction system kara could mean “north”, and that the name may go back to Proto-Turkic *kara teŋiŕ. The surname comes from the name of this sea or its coastal region.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karadeniz?

The root word of Karadeniz is Karadeniz (Turkic): “the Black Sea”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Karadeniz?

Ka·ra·de·niz, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾadeˈniz/.