Surname index·Length
11-letter surnames
54 of the dictionary’s 3,450 surnames have exactly 11 letters (1.6%), the ninth most common length. None of them is in the national top 30 of TÜİK ADNKS 2025, so each is rarer than every name on that list.
- Surnames
- 54
- in this index
- In the national top 30
- 0
- ADNKS 2025
54 surnames in Turkish alphabetical order
- Alemdaroğlu son of the standard-bearer
- Altınkaynak golden spring
- Altıntoprak golden soil
- Altunkaynak golden spring
- Arabacıoğlu son of the carter
- Bahçekapılı from Bahçekapı
- Bakırcıoğlu son of the coppersmith
- Baltacıoğlu son of the axe-man
- Bayazıtoğlu son of Bayazıt
- Bayraktutan flag-bearer
- Bereketoğlu son of Bereket; abundance
- Beşikçioğlu son of the cradle-maker
- Bıyıklıoğlu son of the moustached one
- Büyükberber the elder barber
- Cankurtaran life-saver, lifeguard
- Çağlayangil the Çağlayan family; waterfall
- Çorbacıoğlu son of the çorbacı
- Demircioğlu son of the blacksmith
- Ekmekçioğlu son of the baker
- Giritlioğlu son of the Cretan
- Hamamcıoğlu son of the bathhouse keeper
- Helvacıoğlu son of the halva maker
- Hüseyinoğlu son of Hüseyin
- İbrahimoğlu son of İbrahim (Abraham)
- İplikçioğlu son of the thread-maker
- Kabakçıoğlu son of the squash-seller
- Kağıtçıbaşı head of the paper-makers
- Kalafatoğlu son of Kalafat (caulking)
- Kalaycıoğlu son of the tinsmith
- Karakoyunlu with black sheep; a historical state
- Karamustafa kara “dark, strong” + Mustafa
- Kılıçarslan sword lion; name of Seljuk sultans
- Kimyacıoğlu son of the chemist
- Mısırlıoğlu son of the Egyptian
- Mustafaoğlu son of Mustafa
- Nalbantoğlu son of the farrier
- Özbayraktar true standard-bearer
- Özdemiroğlu son of Özdemir
- Ramazanoğlu son of Ramazan
- Sabuncuoğlu son of the soapmaker
- Sakallıoğlu son of the bearded one
- Sancaktutan standard-bearer
- Sarıalioğlu son of Sarı (fair) Ali
- Semercioğlu son of the packsaddle maker
- Serdengeçti volunteer ready to die
- Tahincioğlu son of the tahini maker
- Tanrısevsin ‘may God love him’
- Tavukçuoğlu son of the poulterer
- Tokatlıoğlu son of the man from Tokat
- Tüfekçioğlu son of the gunsmith
- Türkmenoğlu son of Türkmen
- Urgancıoğlu son of the rope-maker
- Yüzbaşıoğlu son of the captain
- Zincirkıran chain-breaker
What does an 11-letter surname look like?
Eleven letters or more almost always mean several parts. Türkmenoğlu is Türkmen plus oğlu; Demircioğlu is demir + -ci + oğlu, ‘son of the smith’; Karaosmanoğlu, at thirteen letters, combines kara ‘black’, the given name Osman and oğlu. Some of these names go back to family or dynasty names in use before 1934 that were then registered under the Surname Law.
Surnames of this length, in figures
The meanings are spread over 18 categories; the largest are “Crafts: metal, wood, stone and leather” (10), “Patronymic -oğlu surnames” (8) and “Food, market and trade” (6). Turkic and borrowed roots are evenly matched: 28 Turkic against 25 from other languages: Arabic (15), Persian (4), Greek (4), French (1), Mongolic (1). By syllables, most have 5 syllables (37); 15 have 4 syllables and 2 have 6 syllables. The most frequent initials are B (9), K (8) and S (6). In vowel harmony, names with only back vowels lead (29) over front-vowel names (2); 23 mix the two, usually a sign of a compound or a loan.