Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karaköse

Karaköse /kaɾacøˈse/ ASCII Karakose

“former name of Ağrı; ‘dark beardless’”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Place name
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 Karaköse?

Karaköse

IPA /kaɾacøˈse/

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

What does the surname Karaköse mean?

Karaköse is the former name of the city of Ağrı; villages in Kars, Uşak and Adıyaman and a small town in Hatay share the name. It has the shape of a nickname, kara “black” plus köse “beardless”. Köse comes from Persian kūsa, while kara is Turkish.1,3

Grammar kara + köse.

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

What is Karaköse made of?

Karaköse breaks into 2 parts: kara (black) + köse (beardless).

Karaköse + root kara black TURKIC kara “black” root köse beardless PERSIAN köse “thin-bearded orbeardless; Persian kūsa” Karaköse kara root black kara TURKIC “black” köse root beardless köse PERSIAN “thin-bearded or beardless;Persian kūsa”
Karaköse: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black1
  • köse Persian — thin-bearded or beardless; Persian kūsa3

How was the name Karaköse formed?

Karaköse belongs to the “place name” class of surnames (kara + köse).

Which surnames are related to Karaköse?

Karaköse Kara Köse Karataş Karahan Karaca Karakaş Karadağ Karakaya Karakoç Karaaslan Karagöz Baykara
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 Köse same root – –
03 Karataş same root – –
04 Karahan same root – –
05 Karaca same root – –
06 Karakaş same root – –
07 Karadağ same root – –
08 Karakaya same root – –
09 Karakoç same root – –
10 Karaaslan same root – –
11 Karagöz same root – –
12 Baykara same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Karaköse?

  1. Bülent Karaköse caricaturist 1966–
  2. Rıdvan Karaköse jurist 1946–1983
  3. Kazım Karaköse politician 1974–
  4. Mehmet Karaköse researcher
  5. Melia Karaköse researcher
  6. Mustafa Karaköse researcher

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

How is Karaköse written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name appears as Karakose in passports and foreign registers.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Karaköse accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Karaköse accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: köse accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Karaköse

Q1

What does the surname Karaköse mean?

Karaköse is the former name of the city of Ağrı; villages in Kars, Uşak and Adıyaman and a small town in Hatay share the name. It has the shape of a nickname, kara “black” plus köse “beardless”. Köse comes from Persian kūsa, while kara is Turkish.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karaköse?

The root word of Karaköse is kara (Persian): “black”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Karaköse?

Ka·ra·kö·se, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾacøˈse/.