Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karasapan

Karasapan /kaɾasaˈpan/

“black sling”1

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

How do you pronounce Karasapan?

Karasapan

IPA /kaɾasaˈpan/

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

What does the surname Karasapan mean?

Built from kara ‘black; strong’ and sapan: ‘black sling’. Sapan is a sling for throwing stones; Nişanyan tentatively links it to Old Turkic sapı- ‘to swing forcefully’.1

Grammar kara + sapan.

That Karasapan goes back to kara and sapan is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Karasapan made of?

Karasapan breaks into 2 parts: kara (kara: black; strong) + sapan (sapan: sling, slingshot).

Karasapan + first element kara kara: black; strong TURKIC kara “black” root sapan sapan: sling, slingshot TURKIC sapan “sling” Karasapan kara first element kara: black; strong kara TURKIC “black” sapan root sapan: sling, slingshot sapan TURKIC “sling”
Karasapan: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black1
  • sapan Turkic — sling1

How was the name Karasapan formed?

Karasapan belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kara + sapan).

Which surnames are related to Karasapan?

Karasapan 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 Karasapan?

  1. Ahmet Celalettin Karasapan politician 1899–1974
  2. Erdinç Karasapan diplomat 1930–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: sapan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) 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 Karasapan

Q1

What does the surname Karasapan mean?

Built from kara ‘black; strong’ and sapan: ‘black sling’. Sapan is a sling for throwing stones; Nişanyan tentatively links it to Old Turkic sapı- ‘to swing forcefully’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karasapan?

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

How do you pronounce Karasapan?

Ka·ra·sa·pan, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾasaˈpan/.