Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karahüseyinoğlu

Karahüseyinoğlu /kaɾahysejinoːˈɫu/ ASCII Karahuseyinoglu

“son of Kara Hüseyin”1

Letters / syllables
15 / 7
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
K
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Karahüseyinoğlu?

Karahüseyinoğlu

IPA /kaɾahysejinoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 7 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Karahüseyinoğlu mean?

Son of Kara Hüseyin. Hüseyin is the Arabic diminutive of ḥasan “good, handsome”; kara “black, dark” is a common epithet placed before given names to tell bearers apart.1,2

What is Karahüseyinoğlu made of?

Karahüseyinoğlu combines Turkic and Arabic elements in 3 parts: kara (kara: black; dark) + Hüseyin (Hüseyin: Arabic man’s name, “little handsome one”) + -oğlu (patronymic).

Karahüseyinoğlu ++ root kara kara: black; dark TURKIC kara “black; dark” root Hüseyin Hüseyin: Arabic man’sname, “little handsome…” ARABIC Hüseyin “diminutive of ḥasan‘good, handsome’” suffix -oğlu patronymic Karahüseyinoğlu kara root kara: black; dark kara TURKIC “black; dark” Hüseyin root Hüseyin: Arabic man’s name, “littlehandsome one” Hüseyin ARABIC “diminutive of ḥasan ‘good,handsome’” -oğlu suffix patronymic
Karahüseyinoğlu: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black; dark1
  • Hüseyin Arabic — diminutive of ḥasan “good, handsome”2

How was the name Karahüseyinoğlu formed?

Karahüseyinoğlu was formed by adding -oğlu, “son of”, to kara + Hüseyin.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Karahüseyinoğlu?

Karahüseyinoğlu 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 Karahüseyinoğlu?

  1. Murat Karahüseyinoğlu screenwriter 1962–

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

How is Karahüseyinoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records ğ becomes g, although it is silent in Turkish and only lengthens the vowel before it, ü becomes u or ue, giving Karahuseyinoglu.

Where do these facts come from?

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

Common questions about Karahüseyinoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Karahüseyinoğlu mean?

Son of Kara Hüseyin. Hüseyin is the Arabic diminutive of ḥasan “good, handsome”; kara “black, dark” is a common epithet placed before given names to tell bearers apart.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karahüseyinoğlu?

Karahüseyinoğlu is made up of two elements: kara “black; dark” (Turkic) and Hüseyin ‘diminutive of ḥasan “good, handsome”’ (Arabic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Karahüseyinoğlu?

Ka·ra·hü·se·yi·noğ·lu, 7 syllables; IPA: /kaɾahysejinoːˈɫu/.