Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karayalçın

Karayalçın /kaɾajaɫˈtʃɯn/ ASCII Karayalcin

“dark sheer cliff”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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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 Karayalçın?

Karayalçın

IPA /kaɾajaɫˈtʃɯn/

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

What does the surname Karayalçın mean?

Built from kara ‘black’ and yalçın: ‘dark, sheer cliff’. Yalçın means ‘steep, sheer’ and ‘bare, smooth’; Nişanyan tentatively relates it to yalın ‘bare’. Nişanyan Adlar notes that Yalçın first appeared as a name in the 1920s and became popular after 1935.1,2

Grammar kara + yalçın.

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

What is Karayalçın made of?

Karayalçın breaks into 2 parts: kara (kara: black; strong) + yalçın (yalçın: steep, sheer).

Karayalçın + root kara kara: black; strong TURKIC kara “black” root yalçın yalçın: steep, sheer TURKIC yalçın “steep; bare and smooth(rock)” Karayalçın kara root kara: black; strong kara TURKIC “black” yalçın root yalçın: steep, sheer yalçın TURKIC “steep; bare and smooth (rock)”
Karayalçın: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black1
  • yalçın Turkic — steep; bare and smooth (rock)2

How was the name Karayalçın formed?

Karayalçın belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kara + yalçın).

Which surnames are related to Karayalçın?

Karayalçın Kara Yalçın Karataş Karahan Karaca Karakaş Karadağ Karakaya Yalçınkaya Karakoç Karaaslan Karagöz
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 Yalçın 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 Yalçınkaya same root – –
10 Karakoç same root – –
11 Karaaslan same root – –
12 Karagöz same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Karayalçın?

  1. Murat Karayalçın politician 1943–
  2. Eşber Karayalçın sculptor 1960–

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

How is Karayalçın written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Karayalcin.

Where do these facts come from?

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

Common questions about Karayalçın

Q1

What does the surname Karayalçın mean?

Built from kara ‘black’ and yalçın: ‘dark, sheer cliff’. Yalçın means ‘steep, sheer’ and ‘bare, smooth’; Nişanyan tentatively relates it to yalın ‘bare’. Nişanyan Adlar notes that Yalçın first appeared as a name in the 1920s and became popular after 1935.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karayalçın?

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

How do you pronounce Karayalçın?

Ka·ra·yal·çın, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾajaɫˈtʃɯn/.