Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Öz

/øz/ ASCII Oz

“essence; pure, genuine”3

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

How do you pronounce Öz?

Öz

IPA /øz/

What does the surname Öz mean?

Öz means “self” and “the essence, the most valuable part of something”; as an adjective it describes what is pure, genuine or related by blood, as in öz kardeş, “full sibling”. On its own as a surname it carries this sense of “pure, true”, and it is the first element of many surnames such as Öztürk and Özdemir.3

Öz is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Öz made of?

Öz is a single root: öz (self; pure, genuine; essence).

Öz root öz self; pure, genuine;essence TURKIC öz “self; essence, core;pure, related by blood” Öz öz root self; pure, genuine; essence öz TURKIC “self; essence, core; pure,related by blood”
Öz: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — self; essence, core; pure, related by blood3

How was the name Öz formed?

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

Where in Türkiye is Öz most common?

Öz is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 26th in Afyonkarahisar.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar · rank 26 · 2,578 people 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 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
Öz: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Afyonkarahisar262,578

Who are some well-known people named Öz?

  1. Mehmet Öz politician 1960–
  2. Feriha Öz academic 1933–2020
  3. Kâzım Öz screenwriter 1973–
  4. İpek Öz tennis player 1999–
  5. Noyan Öz association football player 1991–
  6. Erdal Öz writer 1935–2006
  7. Gürgen Öz actor 1978–
  8. Doğan Öz prosecutor 1934–1978

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

Is Öz also a first name?

Yes. Öz is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “essence; pure, genuine”.

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

How is Öz written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Öz is usually written Oz or Oez.

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: öz accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Öz 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
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Öz

Q1

What does the surname Öz mean?

Öz means “self” and “the essence, the most valuable part of something”; as an adjective it describes what is pure, genuine or related by blood, as in öz kardeş, “full sibling”. On its own as a surname it carries this sense of “pure, true”, and it is the first element of many surnames such as Öztürk and Özdemir.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Öz?

The root word of Öz is öz (Turkic): “self; essence, core; pure, related by blood”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Öz?

Öz, 1 syllable; IPA: /øz/.