Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karadoğan

Karadoğan /kaɾadoːˈan/ ASCII Karadogan

“black falcon”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 Karadoğan?

Karadoğan

IPA /kaɾadoːˈan/

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

What does the surname Karadoğan mean?

Formed from kara and doğan. Doğan is both the name of the falcon, a hunting bird like the hawk, and the participle of doğmak, “born, rising”; the name can therefore be read as “black falcon” or “born strong”. In older Turkish kara also expresses strength and greatness besides the colour.1,2

Grammar Compound of kara + doğan.

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. Bird reading: doğan, “falcon”; a dark-plumaged falcon.
  2. Verbal reading: doğan as participle of doğmak, “born strong”.

What is Karadoğan made of?

Karadoğan breaks into 2 parts: kara (black; strong, great) + doğan (falcon; or born, rising).

Karadoğan ++ first element kara black; strong, great TURKIC kara “black; figurativelymighty” suffix doğan falcon; or born, rising TURKIC doğan “falcon; participle ofdoğmak” Karadoğan kara first element black; strong, great kara TURKIC “black; figuratively mighty” doğan suffix falcon; or born, rising doğan TURKIC “falcon; participle of doğmak”
Karadoğan: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black; figuratively mighty1
  • doğan Turkic — falcon; participle of doğmak2

How was the name Karadoğan formed?

Karadoğan belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kara + doğan).

Which surnames are related to Karadoğan?

Karadoğan Doğan Kara Erdoğan Aydoğan Karataş Karahan Karaca Karakaş Karadağ Akdoğan Karakaya Karakoç
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Doğan same root 12 485,906
02 Kara same root 16 290,024
03 Erdoğan same root 26 233,535
04 Aydoğan same root – –
05 Karataş same root – –
06 Karahan same root – –
07 Karaca same root – –
08 Karakaş same root – –
09 Karadağ same root – –
10 Akdoğan same root – –
11 Karakaya same root – –
12 Karakoç same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Karadoğan?

  1. Faruk Karadoğan association football player 1947–2025
  2. Hüseyin Faruk Karadoğan academic 1944–
  3. Jack Can Karadoğan association football player 2004–
  4. Avni Karadoğan photographer 1927–
  5. Dilek Karadoğan researcher
  6. Mutlu Karadoğan film director 1981–
  7. Yaprak Karadoğan cricketer

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kara accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: doğan 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Karadoğan

Q1

What does the surname Karadoğan mean?

Formed from kara and doğan. Doğan is both the name of the falcon, a hunting bird like the hawk, and the participle of doğmak, “born, rising”; the name can therefore be read as “black falcon” or “born strong”. In older Turkish kara also expresses strength and greatness besides the colour.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karadoğan?

The root word of Karadoğan is kara (Turkic): “black; figuratively mighty”. There are 3 competing views on where Karadoğan comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Karadoğan?

Ka·ra·do·ğan, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾadoːˈan/.