Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 2,194

Küçük

Küçük /cyˈtʃyc/ ASCII Kucuk

“small; the younger”2

Province lists
31
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Provinces
  8. §8Notable people
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Küçük?

Küçük

IPA /cyˈtʃyc/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Küçük mean?

Küçük means small or little in size, or young in age. It comes from Old Anatolian Turkish kiçük and goes back to Proto-Turkic *kičüg. As a surname it is usually taken to stem from a byname for a slight person or for the youngest of several siblings.2

Küçük is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Küçük made of?

Küçük is a single root: küçük (small, little; young).

Küçük root küçük small, little; young TURKIC küçük “small, little; younger” Küçük küçük root small, little; young küçük TURKIC “small, little; younger”
Küçük: parts and root words
  • küçük Turkic — small, little; younger2

How was the name Küçük formed?

Küçük belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Küçük?

Küçük Karaküçük Küçükoğlu Küçükay Küçükşahin Küçükkaya Küçükel Küçükköse Küçüközkan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Karaküçük same root – –
02 Küçükoğlu same root – –
03 Küçükay same root – –
04 Küçükşahin same root – –
05 Küçükkaya same root – –
06 Küçükel same root – –
07 Küçükköse same root – –
08 Küçüközkan same root – –

How else is Küçük spelled?

Küçükaspelling

Where in Türkiye is Küçük most common?

Küçük is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 3 provinces; its best rank is 20th in Trabzon.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun · rank 30 · 1,494 people Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon · rank 20 · 4,483 people Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye · rank 28 · 1,587 people Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 3
  • Not listed
Küçük: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Trabzon204,483
02Osmaniye281,587
03Giresun301,494

Who are some well-known people named Küçük?

  1. Veli Küçük soldier 1944–
  2. Süleyman Küçük association football player 1978–
  3. Ayşe Serra Bucak Küçük politician 1976–
  4. Erhan Küçük association football player 1981–
  5. Esra Küçük general manager 1983–
  6. Feyzullah Küçük association football player 1962–
  7. Kürşat Türkeş Küçük association football player 2005–
  8. Raşit Küçük professor 1947–2022

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

How is Küçük written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Küçük is usually written Kucuk or Kuecuek.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: küçük 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Küçük

Q1

What does the surname Küçük mean?

Küçük means small or little in size, or young in age. It comes from Old Anatolian Turkish kiçük and goes back to Proto-Turkic *kičüg. As a surname it is usually taken to stem from a byname for a slight person or for the youngest of several siblings.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Küçük?

The root word of Küçük is küçük (Turkic): “small, little; younger”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Küçük?

Kü·çük, 2 syllables; IPA: /cyˈtʃyc/.