Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Uzun

Uzun /uˈzun/

“tall, long”2

Province lists
111
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Adjective
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Uzun?

Uzun

IPA /uˈzun/

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

What does the surname Uzun mean?

Uzun means “long, tall”; it goes back to Proto-Turkic *uŕïn and is related to uzak, “far”. As a surname it is usually understood as a byname for a tall person that became the family name.2

Uzun is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Uzun made of?

Uzun is a single root: uzun (long, tall).

Uzun root uzun long, tall TURKIC uzun “long; tall” Uzun uzun root long, tall uzun TURKIC “long; tall”
Uzun: parts and root words
  • uzun Turkic — long; tall2

How was the name Uzun formed?

Uzun belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Uzun?

Uzun Uzuner Uzunoğlu Uzunlar Uzunhan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Uzuner same root – –
02 Uzunoğlu same root – –
03 Uzunlar same root – –
04 Uzunhan same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Uzun most common?

Uzun is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 11 provinces; its best rank is 4th in Rize.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya · rank 26 · 1,253 people Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 20 · 875 people Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun · rank 17 · 2,190 people 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 · rank 4 · 3,407 people Sakarya · rank 29 · 3,151 people Samsun · rank 21 · 5,519 people Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat · rank 19 · 2,383 people Trabzon · rank 5 · 6,274 people Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak · rank 19 · 2,422 people Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın · rank 26 · 745 people Ardahan Iğdır Yalova · rank 28 · 768 people Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 11
  • Not listed
Uzun: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Trabzon56,274
02Samsun215,519
03Rize43,407
04Sakarya293,151
05Zonguldak192,422
06Tokat192,383

Who are some well-known people named Uzun?

  1. Can Uzun association football player 2005–
  2. Mehmed Uzun writer 1953–2007
  3. Şoray Uzun actor 1967–
  4. Asli Melisa Uzun actor 1995–
  5. Sevgi Uzun basketball player 1997–
  6. Salih Uzun politician 1970–
  7. Adem Uzun amateur wrestler 2001–
  8. Ecem Uzun actor 1992–

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

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: uzun accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Uzun

Q1

What does the surname Uzun mean?

Uzun means “long, tall”; it goes back to Proto-Turkic *uŕïn and is related to uzak, “far”. As a surname it is usually understood as a byname for a tall person that became the family name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Uzun?

The root word of Uzun is uzun (Turkic): “long; tall”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Uzun?

U·zun, 2 syllables; IPA: /uˈzun/.