Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Köseoğlu

Köseoğlu /køseoːˈɫu/ ASCII Koseoglu

“son of the beardless man”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Köseoğlu?

Köseoğlu

IPA /køseoːˈɫu/

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

What does the surname Köseoğlu mean?

Köseoğlu means ‘son of the beardless one’. Köse is a man whose beard and moustache do not grow or grow very thinly; the word comes from Persian kūse. In times when the beard mattered, such a trait easily became a nickname and passed to the family with -oğlu.1,2

Grammar köse + oğul + possessive -u.

What is Köseoğlu made of?

Köseoğlu breaks into 2 parts: köse (beardless, with a sparse beard) + -oğlu (son of).

Köseoğlu ++ root köse beardless, with a sparsebeard PERSIAN köse “beardless; from Persiankūse” suffix -oğlu son of TURKIC oğul “son” Köseoğlu köse root beardless, with a sparse beard köse PERSIAN “beardless; from Persian kūse” -oğlu suffix son of oğul TURKIC “son”
Köseoğlu: parts and root words
  • köse Persian — beardless; from Persian kūse1
  • oğul Turkic — son2

How was the name Köseoğlu formed?

Köseoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (köse + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Köseoğlu?

Köseoğlu Köse Karaköse Erköse Köseler Küçükköse
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Köse same root – –
02 Karaköse same root – –
03 Erköse same root – –
04 Köseler same root – –
05 Küçükköse same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Köseoğlu?

  1. Hayal Köseoğlu actor 1992–
  2. Hakan Köseoğlu basketball player 1981–
  3. Selâhattin Köseoğlu politician 1882–1949
  4. Leyla Yeniay Köseoğlu politician 1926–2002
  5. Ayşe Sula Köseoğlu politician 1969–
  6. Edip Hakkı Köseoğlu painter 1904–1990
  7. Funda Köseoğlu actor 1974–
  8. Hamdullah Köseoğlu author 1945–

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

How is Köseoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Koseoglu in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: köse accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: oğul accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Köseoğlu accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Köseoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Köseoğlu mean?

Köseoğlu means ‘son of the beardless one’. Köse is a man whose beard and moustache do not grow or grow very thinly; the word comes from Persian kūse. In times when the beard mattered, such a trait easily became a nickname and passed to the family with -oğlu.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Köseoğlu?

The root word of Köseoğlu is köse (Persian): “beardless; from Persian kūse”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Köseoğlu?

Kö·se·oğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /køseoːˈɫu/.