Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kulak

Kulak /kuˈɫak/

“ear”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
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 Kulak?

Kulak

IPA /kuˈɫak/

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

What does the surname Kulak mean?

Kulak is the ear; figuratively it stands for attention and listening (kulak vermek ‘to lend an ear’). It goes back to Proto-Turkic **kulkak*. Villages named Kulak exist in Afyonkarahisar and Mersin.1

Kulak is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kulak made of?

Kulak is a single Turkic root: kulak (kulak: ear).

Kulak root kulak kulak: ear TURKIC kulak “ear; hearing” Kulak kulak root kulak: ear kulak TURKIC “ear; hearing”
Kulak: parts and root words
  • kulak Turkic — ear; hearing1

How was the name Kulak formed?

Kulak is the word kulak (“kulak: ear”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Kulak?

Kulak Kulaksız Kulaksızoğlu Altunkulak Karakulak
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kulaksız same root – –
02 Kulaksızoğlu same root – –
03 Altunkulak same root – –
04 Karakulak same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kulak?

  1. Mehmet Asım Kulak statesperson 1964–
  2. Ali Ender Kulak researcher
  3. Harun Kulak researcher
  4. Maviş Kulak-Kayıkçı researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kulak accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kulak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kulak 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

Common questions about Kulak

Q1

What does the surname Kulak mean?

Kulak is the ear; figuratively it stands for attention and listening (kulak vermek ‘to lend an ear’). It goes back to Proto-Turkic **kulkak*. Villages named Kulak exist in Afyonkarahisar and Mersin.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kulak?

The root word of Kulak is kulak (Turkic): “ear; hearing”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kulak?

Ku·lak, 2 syllables; IPA: /kuˈɫak/.