Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karakuş

Karakuş /kaɾaˈkuʃ/ ASCII Karakus

“golden eagle (lit. black bird)”2

Province lists
41
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Karakuş?

Karakuş

IPA /kaɾaˈkuʃ/

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

What does the surname Karakuş mean?

Karakuş, from kara, “black”, and kuş, “bird”, is a word for a large eagle. The kara element reflects both the dark plumage and the old naming sense “great, mighty”. As a name it evokes the power and majesty of the bird of prey.2,3

Grammar Compound word: kara + kuş.

That Karakuş goes back to karakuş and kuş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

Karakuş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Karakuş made of?

Karakuş breaks into 2 parts: kara (black; great) + kuş (bird).

Karakuş + first element kara black; great TURKIC karakuş “a large eagle (lit.black bird)” root kuş bird TURKIC kuş “bird” Karakuş kara first element black; great karakuş TURKIC “a large eagle (lit. black bird)” kuş root bird kuş TURKIC “bird”
Karakuş: parts and root words
  • karakuş Turkic — a large eagle (lit. black bird)2
  • kuş Turkic — bird3

How was the name Karakuş formed?

Karakuş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kara + kuş).

Which surnames are related to Karakuş?

Karakuş Akkuş Kuş Kuşçu Alakuş Çalıkuşu Kuşoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akkuş same root – –
02 Kuş same root – –
03 Kuşçu same root – –
04 Alakuş same root – –
05 Çalıkuşu same root – –
06 Kuşoğlu same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Karakuş most common?

Karakuş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 4 provinces; its best rank is 18th in Adıyaman.1

Adana Adıyaman · rank 18 · 3,538 people 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 · rank 21 · 2,742 people 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 Ardahan Iğdır · rank 18 · 828 people Yalova Karabük Kilis · rank 24 · 593 people Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 4
  • Not listed
Karakuş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Adıyaman183,538
02Malatya212,742
03Iğdır18828
04Kilis24593

Who are some well-known people named Karakuş?

  1. Nimet Karakuş athletics competitor 1993–
  2. Ayhan Karakuş amateur wrestler 1989–
  3. Vedat Karakuş association football player 1998–
  4. Doğan Karakuş association football player 1993–
  5. Hamit Karakus politician 1965–
  6. Fuat Karakuş politician 1973–
  7. Hidayet Karakuş writer 1946–
  8. Cüneyt Karakuş association football player 1965–

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

How is Karakuş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Karakuş is usually written Karakus.

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: karakuş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kuş 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Karakuş

Q1

What does the surname Karakuş mean?

Karakuş, from kara, “black”, and kuş, “bird”, is a word for a large eagle. The kara element reflects both the dark plumage and the old naming sense “great, mighty”. As a name it evokes the power and majesty of the bird of prey.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karakuş?

The root word of Karakuş is karakuş (Turkic): “a large eagle (lit. black bird)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Karakuş?

Ka·ra·kuş, 3 syllables; IPA: /kaɾaˈkuʃ/.