Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karazor

Karazor /kaɾaˈzoɾ/

“great strength”2

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
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 Karazor?

Karazor

IPA /kaɾaˈzoɾ/

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

What does the surname Karazor mean?

Karazor is made of kara ‘black’ and zor ‘force, strength’. Zor, according to Nişanyan, comes from Persian and Middle Persian zōr ‘strength, force, compulsion’. Since kara in Turkish surnames can also mean ‘strong, great’, the name can be read as ‘great strength, sheer force’.1,2

Grammar kara + zor.

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

What is Karazor made of?

Karazor breaks into 2 parts: kara (black; strong, great) + zor (force, strength).

Karazor + root kara black; strong, great TURKIC kara “black” root zor force, strength PERSIAN zor “strength, force; Persianzōr” Karazor kara root black; strong, great kara TURKIC “black” zor root force, strength zor PERSIAN “strength, force; Persian zōr”
Karazor: parts and root words
  • kara Turkic — black2
  • zor Persian — strength, force; Persian zōr1

How was the name Karazor formed?

Karazor belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kara + zor).

Which surnames are related to Karazor?

Karazor 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 Karazor?

  1. Atakan Karazor association football player 1996–

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

How is Karazor written and pronounced abroad?

The spelling Karazor is kept abroad; z is voiced, as in English zoo.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: zor accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kara 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 Karazor

Q1

What does the surname Karazor mean?

Karazor is made of kara ‘black’ and zor ‘force, strength’. Zor, according to Nişanyan, comes from Persian and Middle Persian zōr ‘strength, force, compulsion’. Since kara in Turkish surnames can also mean ‘strong, great’, the name can be read as ‘great strength, sheer force’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karazor?

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

How do you pronounce Karazor?

Ka·ra·zor, 3 syllables; IPA: /kaɾaˈzoɾ/.