Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 3,144

Türkmenoğlu

Türkmenoğlu /tyɾkmenoːˈɫu/ ASCII Turkmenoglu

“son of Türkmen”2

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

How do you pronounce Türkmenoğlu?

Türkmenoğlu

IPA /tyɾkmenoːˈɫu/

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

What does the surname Türkmenoğlu mean?

Made of Türkmen and -oğlu: “son of Türkmen”. Türkmen is a historical name used since the Middle Ages for communities of Oghuz origin; in the surname it appears as a forebear’s name or nickname. Villages in Erzincan and Zonguldak bear the same name.2,3

Grammar Türkmen + -oğlu; -oğlu is the word “his son” in a possessive compound.

That Türkmenoğlu goes back to Türkmen and oğul is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Türkmenoğlu made of?

Türkmenoğlu breaks into 2 parts: Türkmen (Türkmen: historical name for Oghuz Turkic groups) + -oğlu (son of, of the family of).

Türkmenoğlu ++ root Türkmen Türkmen: historical namefor Oghuz Turkic groups TURKIC Türkmen “name given since theMiddle Ages to…” suffix -oğlu son of, of the family of TURKIC oğul “son” Türkmenoğlu Türkmen root Türkmen: historical name for OghuzTurkic groups Türkmen TURKIC “name given since the Middle Agesto communities of Oghuz descent” -oğlu suffix son of, of the family of oğul TURKIC “son”
Türkmenoğlu: parts and root words
  • Türkmen Turkic — name given since the Middle Ages to communities of Oghuz descent2
  • oğul Turkic — son3

How was the name Türkmenoğlu formed?

Türkmenoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (Türkmen + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Türkmenoğlu?

Türkmenoğlu Türkmen Öztürkmen
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 Türkmen same root – –
02 Öztürkmen same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Türkmenoğlu most common?

Türkmenoğlu is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 27th in Osmaniye.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 Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye · rank 27 · 1,594 people Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Türkmenoğlu: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Osmaniye271,594

Who are some well-known people named Türkmenoğlu?

  1. Ayşe Türkmenoğlu lawyer 1965–
  2. Ceren Türkmenoğlu musician 1987–
  3. Kayhan Türkmenoğlu politician 1962–
  4. Mahmut Türkmenoğlu politician 1933–1992
  5. Burçin Türkmenoğlu researcher
  6. Osman Nuri Turkmenoglu researcher

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

How is Türkmenoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

English-language records usually print Türkmenoğlu as Turkmenoglu, dropping the diacritics.

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: Türkmenoğlu accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: oğul 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

Common questions about Türkmenoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Türkmenoğlu mean?

Made of Türkmen and -oğlu: “son of Türkmen”. Türkmen is a historical name used since the Middle Ages for communities of Oghuz origin; in the surname it appears as a forebear’s name or nickname. Villages in Erzincan and Zonguldak bear the same name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Türkmenoğlu?

The root word of Türkmenoğlu is Türkmen (Turkic): “name given since the Middle Ages to communities of Oghuz descent”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Türkmenoğlu?

Türk·me·noğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /tyɾkmenoːˈɫu/.