Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Memiş

Memiş /meˈmiʃ/ ASCII Memis

“folk form of the name Mehmet”2

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

How do you pronounce Memiş?

Memiş

IPA /meˈmiʃ/

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

What does the surname Memiş mean?

Memiş is a familiar short form of the given name Mehmet, known from Ottoman times in names such as Memiş Ağa. Mehmet itself comes from Arabic Muhammad “praised”; as a surname, Memiş keeps the name of a forebear.2

Grammar Hypocoristic form of a personal name, used as a surname without -oğlu.

That Memiş goes back to Mehmet is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Memiş made of?

Memiş is a single root: Memiş (Memiş: colloquial short form of Mehmet).

Memiş root Memiş Memiş: colloquial shortform of Mehmet ARABIC Mehmet “Turkish form of ArabicMuhammad, ‘praised’” Memiş Memiş root Memiş: colloquial short form of Mehmet Mehmet ARABIC “Turkish form of Arabic Muhammad,‘praised’”
Memiş: parts and root words
  • Mehmet Arabic — Turkish form of Arabic Muhammad, “praised”2

How was the name Memiş formed?

Memiş belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Memiş?

Memiş Mehmet Memişoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
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01 Mehmet same root – –
02 Memişoğlu same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Memiş most common?

Memiş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 21st in Bayburt.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 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 Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt · rank 21 · 453 people Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Memiş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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Who are some well-known people named Memiş?

  1. Barış Memiş association football player 1990–
  2. Furkan Ulaş Memiş boxer 1991–
  3. Oktay Memiş statesperson 1970–
  4. Muğlalı Memiş musician 1955–2004
  5. Ahmet Memiş association football player 2002–
  6. Bahar Memiş researcher
  7. Betül Memiş Özgül researcher
  8. Murat Memiş politician 1988–

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

Is Memiş also a first name?

Yes. Memiş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “folk form of the name Mehmet”.

Memiş as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Memiş written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Memis in English and German records.

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 Vikisözlük: Memiş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Memiş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wikipedia: Memiş Agha 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
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Memiş

Q1

What does the surname Memiş mean?

Memiş is a familiar short form of the given name Mehmet, known from Ottoman times in names such as Memiş Ağa. Mehmet itself comes from Arabic Muhammad “praised”; as a surname, Memiş keeps the name of a forebear.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Memiş?

The root word of Memiş is Mehmet (Arabic): ‘Turkish form of Arabic Muhammad, “praised”’.
Q3

How do you pronounce Memiş?

Me·miş, 2 syllables; IPA: /meˈmiʃ/.