Başoğlu

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Başoğlu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 7.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 32K
  • BEBelgium1 in 209K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
52 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Basoglu in DE Germany, FR France.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Başoğlu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Başoğlu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#838≈11,000 est.≈1 in 7.7K—Başoğlu50
DE Germany—≈250 est.≈1 in 316K—Basoglu48
BE Belgium—561 in 209K56Başoğlu6
FR France—≈40 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Basoglu52
CY Cyprus—≈40 est.≈1 in 32K—Başoğlu5
CH Switzerland—361 in 233K36Başoğlu6

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Başoğlu is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Bulgarian surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria, Türkiye

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Basoglu, Başoglu

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Basoglu, Başoglu

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Başoglu, Başoǧlu, Basoğlu, Basoglu, Başoĝlu

  • Hindi surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Basoglu, Başoglu, Basoğlu

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Muhtar Başoğlu, b. 1913Tamer Başoğlu, b. 1938Metin Başoğul, b. 1948Atilla Başoğlu, b. 1954Jenque Başoğlu, b. 1976Mazhar Başoğul, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Başoğlu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Başoğlu in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled başoğlu.
How common is the name Başoğlu?
In Belgium, the national register counted 56 people named Başoğlu in 2008, about 1 in 209 thousand residents.
How common is Başoğlu compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Başoğlu is the 838th most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Başoğlu” — the 838th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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