Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Karslıoğlu

Karslıoğlu /kaɾsɫɯoːˈɫu/ ASCII Karslioglu

“son of the man from Kars”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 4
Formation
Patronymic
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 Karslıoğlu?

Karslıoğlu

IPA /kaɾsɫɯoːˈɫu/

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

What does the surname Karslıoğlu mean?

It means “son of the man from Kars”, preserving Karslı, “from Kars”, as an ancestor’s name or nickname. Kars is a city and province in eastern Anatolia; the suffix -lı adds “from there”, and -oğlu turns it into a family name. The name records a link to a place and says nothing about where the family lives today.1

Grammar Kars + -lı + -oğlu

What is Karslıoğlu made of?

Karslıoğlu breaks into 3 parts: Kars (province in eastern Anatolia) + -lı (from a place) + -oğlu (son of).

Karslıoğlu ++ root Kars province in easternAnatolia OTHER Kars “name of a city andprovince in eastern…” suffix -lı from a place suffix -oğlu son of Karslıoğlu Kars root province in eastern Anatolia Kars OTHER “name of a city and province ineastern Anatolia” -lı suffix from a place -oğlu suffix son of
Karslıoğlu: parts and root words
  • Kars Other — name of a city and province in eastern Anatolia1

How was the name Karslıoğlu formed?

Karslıoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (Kars + -lı + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Karslıoğlu?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kars same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Karslıoğlu?

  1. Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu politician 1956–
  2. Kubilay Karslıoğlu actor 1961–
  3. Mustafa Karslıoğlu politician 1948–2016
  4. Yusuf Karslıoğlu politician 1889–1970
  5. Avni Karslıoğlu basketball player
  6. Bülent Karslıoğlu researcher
  7. Osman Karslıoğlu researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Kars accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Karslıoğlu 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

Common questions about Karslıoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Karslıoğlu mean?

It means “son of the man from Kars”, preserving Karslı, “from Kars”, as an ancestor’s name or nickname. Kars is a city and province in eastern Anatolia; the suffix -lı adds “from there”, and -oğlu turns it into a family name. The name records a link to a place and says nothing about where the family lives today.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Karslıoğlu?

The root word of Karslıoğlu is Kars (another language): “name of a city and province in eastern Anatolia”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Karslıoğlu?

Kars·lı·oğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /kaɾsɫɯoːˈɫu/.