Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Küçüközkan

Küçüközkan /kyt͡ʃykøzˈkan/ ASCII Kucukozkan

“küçük ‘younger’ + Özkan”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 4
Formation
Compound
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 Küçüközkan?

Küçüközkan

IPA /kyt͡ʃykøzˈkan/

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

What does the surname Küçüközkan mean?

Küçüközkan joins küçük ‘small, younger’ to the name Özkan. Özkan is built from öz ‘pure, own’ and kan ‘blood’ and is usually read ‘pure blood, true lineage’. Küçük means ‘small’ and ‘younger’.1

Grammar küçük + Özkan (öz + kan).

That Küçüközkan goes back to kiçik and öz is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Küçüközkan made of?

Küçüközkan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 3 parts: küçük (küçük: small; younger) + öz (öz: own, pure) + kan (kan: blood, lineage).

Küçüközkan ++ root küçük küçük: small; younger TURKIC kiçik “small, young” root öz öz: own, pure TURKIC öz “self, essence” root kan kan: blood, lineage TURKIC kan “blood” Küçüközkan küçük root küçük: small; younger kiçik TURKIC “small, young” öz root öz: own, pure öz TURKIC “self, essence” kan root kan: blood, lineage kan TURKIC “blood”
Küçüközkan: parts and root words
  • kiçik Turkic — small, young1
  • öz Turkic — self, essence1
  • kan Turkic — blood1

How was the name Küçüközkan formed?

Küçüközkan was formed by joining küçük (“küçük: small; younger”) and öz (“öz: own, pure”) + kan.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Küçüközkan?

Küçüközkan Özkan Alkan Arıkan Gürkan Kandemir Küçük Atakan Türkkan Durukan Demirkan Soykan Akkan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Özkan same root 22 245,254
02 Alkan same root – –
03 Arıkan same root – –
04 Gürkan same root – –
05 Kandemir same root – –
06 Küçük same root – –
07 Atakan same root – –
08 Türkkan same root – –
09 Durukan same root – –
10 Demirkan same root – –
11 Soykan same root – –
12 Akkan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Küçüközkan?

  1. Yalçın Küçüközkan basketball player 1967–
  2. Cem Küçüközkan basketball player 2005–

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

How is Küçüközkan written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Kucukozkan. In Turkish it has ç (ch as in “church”), ö (as in German “schön”), ü (as in German “über”).

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: küçük accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Özkan 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Küçüközkan

Q1

What does the surname Küçüközkan mean?

Küçüközkan joins küçük ‘small, younger’ to the name Özkan. Özkan is built from öz ‘pure, own’ and kan ‘blood’ and is usually read ‘pure blood, true lineage’. Küçük means ‘small’ and ‘younger’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Küçüközkan?

Küçüközkan is made up of two elements: öz “self, essence” (Turkic) and kan “blood” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Küçüközkan?

Kü·çü·köz·kan, 4 syllables; IPA: /kyt͡ʃykøzˈkan/.