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Karakaş

Karakaş /kaɾaˈkaʃ/ ASCII Karakas

“black-browed”2

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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Karakaş?

Karakaş

IPA /kaɾaˈkaʃ/

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

What does the surname Karakaş mean?

Kara, “black”, joins kaş, “eyebrow”: “black-browed”. In Turkish folk poetry black brows and black eyes are classic images of beauty. The name may come from a descriptive byname, and it is also recorded as a female given name.2,3

Grammar Compound: kara + kaş, used adjectivally as “black-browed”.

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

What is Karakaş made of?

Karakaş breaks into 2 parts: kara (black) + kaş (eyebrow).

Karakaş + first element kara black TURKIC kara “black” root kaş eyebrow TURKIC kaş “eyebrow” Karakaş kara first element black kara TURKIC “black” kaş root eyebrow kaş TURKIC “eyebrow”
Karakaş: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black2
  • kaş Turkic — eyebrow3

How was the name Karakaş formed?

Karakaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kara + kaş).

Which surnames are related to Karakaş?

Karakaş Kara Karataş Karahan Karaca Karadağ Karakaya Karakoç Karaaslan Karagöz Baykara Karabulut Karasu
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 Karadağ same root – –
06 Karakaya same root – –
07 Karakoç same root – –
08 Karaaslan same root – –
09 Karagöz same root – –
10 Baykara same root – –
11 Karabulut same root – –
12 Karasu same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Karakaş most common?

Karakaş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 25th in Bartın.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 · rank 25 · 794 people Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Karakaş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Bartın25794

Who are some well-known people named Karakaş?

  1. Cahit Karakaş politician 1928–2025
  2. Ayşe Işıl Karakaş judge 1958–2024
  3. Kıvanç Karakaş association football player 1985–
  4. İlker Karakaş association football player 1999–
  5. Savarş Boğos Karakaş actor 1874–1941
  6. Cem Karakaş chief executive officer 1974–
  7. Doğa Karakaş actor 2002–
  8. Ercan Karakaş politician 1945–

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

Is Karakaş also a first name?

Yes. Karakaş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “black-browed”.

Karakaş as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Karakaş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Karakaş is usually written Karakas.

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: kara accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kaş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Karakaş accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Karakaş

Q1

What does the surname Karakaş mean?

Kara, “black”, joins kaş, “eyebrow”: “black-browed”. In Turkish folk poetry black brows and black eyes are classic images of beauty. The name may come from a descriptive byname, and it is also recorded as a female given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karakaş?

The root word of Karakaş is kara (Turkic): “black”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Karakaş?

Ka·ra·kaş, 3 syllables; IPA: /kaɾaˈkaʃ/.