Surname index·Length
13-letter surnames
Only 11 surnames have exactly 13 letters, 0.3% of all entries. None of them is in the national top 30 of TÜİK ADNKS 2025, so each is rarer than every name on that list.
- Surnames
- 11
- in this index
- In the national top 30
- 0
- ADNKS 2025
11 surnames in Turkish alphabetical order
- Akbaşoğulları sons of Akbaş (‘white head’)
- Bayraktaroğlu son of the flag-bearer
- Hacıbekiroğlu son of Hacı Bekir
- Hacımüftüoğlu son of the hajji mufti
- Hatımoğulları sons of Hatım
- Karaoğlanoğlu son of Karaoğlan
- Karaosmanoğlu son of Kara Osman
- Kılıçsallayan sword-swinger
- Menemencioğlu son of the Menemenci
- Tunçboyacıyan son of the bronze dyer
- Yanıkömeroğlu son of Yanık Ömer
What does a 13-letter surname look like?
A surname of 13 letters is almost always built from several parts: usually a two-word base with oğlu at the end, or a word, a derivational suffix and oğlu. Karaosmanoğlu (kara + Osman + oğlu) is the best-known example of the pattern. Many names this long go back to family names that were already in use before 1934.
Surnames of this length, in figures
One category stands out by meaning: “Patronymic -oğlu surnames”, with 5 surnames, ahead of “Appearance, body and strength” (1). Turkic and borrowed roots are evenly matched: 5 Turkic against 6 from other languages: Arabic (5), other languages (1). By syllables, most have 6 syllables (8); 3 have 5 syllables. The most frequent initials are H (3), K (3) and A (1). In vowel harmony, names with only back vowels lead (7) over front-vowel names (0); 4 mix the two, usually a sign of a compound or a loan.