Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kocatepe

Kocatepe /kodʒateˈpe/

“great hill”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Kocatepe?

Kocatepe

IPA /kodʒateˈpe/

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

What does the surname Kocatepe mean?

Kocatepe means ‘great hill’, from koca ‘big, great’ and tepe ‘hill’. Many hills and villages in Turkey bear the name, including settlements in Mardin, Rize, Tunceli and Gaziantep. The surname comes from such a place name or directly from the image.1,2

Grammar koca + tepe: adjective–noun compound.

That Kocatepe goes back to koca and tepe is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kocatepe made of?

Kocatepe is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: koca (big, great) + tepe (hill, summit).

Kocatepe + first element koca big, great TURKIC koca “big, great; old” root tepe hill, summit TURKIC tepe “hill; summit, top” Kocatepe koca first element big, great koca TURKIC “big, great; old” tepe root hill, summit tepe TURKIC “hill; summit, top”
Kocatepe: parts and root words
  • koca Turkic — big, great; old1
  • tepe Turkic — hill; summit, top2

How was the name Kocatepe formed?

Kocatepe was formed by joining koca (“big, great”) and tepe (“hill, summit”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Kocatepe?

Kocatepe Koca Kocabaş Kocatürk Kocaoğlu Kocaman Tepe Boztepe Göktepe Kocabıyık Karatepe Yeşiltepe Göztepe
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Koca same root – –
02 Kocabaş same root – –
03 Kocatürk same root – –
04 Kocaoğlu same root – –
05 Kocaman same root – –
06 Tepe same root – –
07 Boztepe same root – –
08 Göktepe same root – –
09 Kocabıyık same root – –
10 Karatepe same root – –
11 Yeşiltepe same root – –
12 Göztepe same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kocatepe?

  1. Yasin Kocatepe association football player 1991–
  2. Ali Kocatepe local politician 1947–
  3. Aysun Kocatepe singer 1962–
  4. Mehmet Kocatepe statesperson 1966–
  5. Şükrü Kocatepe statesperson 1952–
  6. Vildan Kocatepe researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: koca accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: koca accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kocatepe

Q1

What does the surname Kocatepe mean?

Kocatepe means ‘great hill’, from koca ‘big, great’ and tepe ‘hill’. Many hills and villages in Turkey bear the name, including settlements in Mardin, Rize, Tunceli and Gaziantep. The surname comes from such a place name or directly from the image.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kocatepe?

Kocatepe is made up of two elements: koca “big, great; old” (Turkic) and tepe “hill; summit, top” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Kocatepe?

Ko·ca·te·pe, 4 syllables; IPA: /kodʒateˈpe/.