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Karaman

Karaman /kaɾaˈman/

“Karaman (place name)”3

Province lists
21
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Place name
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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. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Karaman?

Karaman

IPA /kaɾaˈman/

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

What does the surname Karaman mean?

Karaman is a province and city in central Anatolia; the name comes from the Karamanid dynasty, which founded a principality there, and from their ancestor Karaman Bey. As a personal name Karaman contains the element kara. The surname is usually tied to this place name or to the same personal name.3

Grammar A place name, historically based on a personal name containing kara.

That Karaman goes back to Karaman is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Karaman made of?

Karaman is a single Turkic root: Karaman (province and city in central Anatolia).

Karaman root Karaman province and city incentral Anatolia TURKIC Karaman “province and city; nameof the Karamanid…” Karaman Karaman root province and city in central Anatolia Karaman TURKIC “province and city; name of theKaramanid principality”
Karaman: parts and root words
  • Karaman Turkic — province and city; name of the Karamanid principality3

How was the name Karaman formed?

Karaman comes from a place name: Karaman (“province and city in central Anatolia”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Karaman?

Karaman Karamanlı Karamanoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Karamanlı same root – –
02 Karamanoğlu same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Karaman most common?

Karaman is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 2 provinces; its best rank is 18th in Giresun.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 · rank 18 · 2,127 people Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya · rank 28 · 2,278 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 Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 2
  • Not listed
Karaman: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Malatya282,278
02Giresun182,127

Who are some well-known people named Karaman?

  1. Kenan Karaman association football player 1994–
  2. Ünal Karaman association football player 1966–
  3. İlkan Karaman basketball player 1990–2024
  4. Hikmet Karaman association football player 1960–
  5. Seddar Karaman association football player 1994–
  6. Sami Sabit Karaman soldier 1877–1957
  7. Simay Karaman basketball player 1991–
  8. Gamze Karaman actor 1982–

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

Is Karaman also a first name?

Yes. Karaman is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “Karaman (place name)”.

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

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 Wikipedia: Karamanids accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Karaman 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Karaman

Q1

What does the surname Karaman mean?

Karaman is a province and city in central Anatolia; the name comes from the Karamanid dynasty, which founded a principality there, and from their ancestor Karaman Bey. As a personal name Karaman contains the element kara. The surname is usually tied to this place name or to the same personal name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karaman?

The root word of Karaman is Karaman (Turkic): “province and city; name of the Karamanid principality”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Karaman?

Ka·ra·man, 3 syllables; IPA: /kaɾaˈman/.