Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ünüvar

Ünüvar /ynyˈvaɾ/ ASCII Unuvar

“renowned, ‘has fame’”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
1934 coinage
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 Ünüvar?

Ünüvar

IPA /ynyˈvaɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Ünüvar mean?

A phrase turned surname: “ünü var”, “he has renown”, i.e. well known, reputed. It is built like the surname Adıvar: ün “fame” + possessive -ü + var “there is”.2,3

Grammar A nominal sentence ünü (ün + -ü) + var, written as one word.

That Ünüvar goes back to ün and var is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Ünüvar made of?

Ünüvar breaks into 3 parts: ün (ün: fame, renown) + -ü (possessive suffix (3rd person)) + var (var: there is, existing).

Ünüvar ++ root ün ün: fame, renown TURKIC ün “being widely known;fame, renown” suffix -ü possessive suffix (3rdperson) root var var: there is, existing TURKIC var “existing, present” Ünüvar ün root ün: fame, renown ün TURKIC “being widely known; fame, renown” -ü suffix possessive suffix (3rd person) var root var: there is, existing var TURKIC “existing, present”
Ünüvar: parts and root words
  • ün Turkic — being widely known; fame, renown2
  • var Turkic — existing, present3

How was the name Ünüvar formed?

Ünüvar belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (ün + -ü + var).

Which surnames are related to Ünüvar?

Ünüvar Varol Varlı Varlık Adıvar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Varol same root – –
02 Varlı same root – –
03 Varlık same root – –
04 Adıvar same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Ünüvar most common?

Ünüvar is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 30th in Karaman.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 · rank 30 · 751 people 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
Ünüvar: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Karaman30751

Who are some well-known people named Ünüvar?

  1. Naci Ünüvar association football player 2003–
  2. Necdet Ünüvar politician 1960–
  3. Emre Ünüvar association football player 2008–
  4. Safiye Ünüvar teacher
  5. Atakan Ünüvar singer 1944–
  6. Göktuğ Kaan Ünüvar association football player
  7. Tahsin Ünüvar musician
  8. Ümit Ünüvar researcher

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

How is Ünüvar written and pronounced abroad?

English-language records usually print Ünüvar as Unuvar, 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: ün accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: var accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Ünüvar 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

Common questions about Ünüvar

Q1

What does the surname Ünüvar mean?

A phrase turned surname: “ünü var”, “he has renown”, i.e. well known, reputed. It is built like the surname Adıvar: ün “fame” + possessive -ü + var “there is”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ünüvar?

The root word of Ünüvar is ün (Turkic): “being widely known; fame, renown”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ünüvar?

Ü·nü·var, 3 syllables; IPA: /ynyˈvaɾ/.