Karakuş

surname · Latin script

Meaning: eagle, any of several birds of prey in the subfamily Aquilinae

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

/kaɾakˈʊʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Karakuş is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 94th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 884(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 42K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 108K

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)

≈93,000 people, est.

Sources
126 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 884 (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 Karakus in DE Germany, FR France, AT Austria.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

eagle, any of several birds of prey in the subfamily Aquilinae

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Karakuş 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 Karakuş is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#94≈93,000 est.≈1 in 884—Karakuş97
DE Germany—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 42K—Karakus88
FR France—≈630 est.≈1 in 108K117Karakus126
AT Austria—≈410 est.≈1 in 22K—Karakus24
AZ Azerbaijan—≈340 est.≈1 in 30K—Karakuş1
CH Switzerland—3401 in 25K340Karakuş16
CY Cyprus#293≈190 est.≈1 in 6.6K—Karakuş8

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); 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)

Karakuş is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Languages: Chinese, Burmese

    Also written Karakus

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Karakus

  • Danish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Türkiye, Norway, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Karakus

  • Bulgarian surname22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Bulgaria, Netherlands

    Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

    Also written Karakus, Karakush, Каракуш, Karakuš, Каракус

  • Russian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Ukraine, Syria

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Каракус, Karakus

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Poland, United States

    Also written Karakus

  • a separate surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Karakus

21 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Karakuş is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Turkish, Kartal cinsindan kuşlara verilen genel ad.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Hidayet Karakuş, b. 1946Şükrü Karakuş, b. 1956Cüneyt Karakuş, b. 1965Fuat Karakuş, b. 1973Ayhan Karakuş, b. 1989Cansu Melis Karakus, b. 1991Nimet Karakuş, b. 1993Çağrı Karakuş, b. 1997Vedat Karakuş, b. 1998Enes Karakuş, b. 2001

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSayın Karakuş,Dear , (English)
InformalSayın Karakuş,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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

What does the name Karakuş mean, and where does it come from?
eagle, any of several birds of prey in the subfamily Aquilinae Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Karakuş?
A machine transcription gives /kaɾakˈʊʃ/ (IPA) for Turkish.
In which country does Karakuş have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 93 thousand people named Karakuş in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled karakuş.
How common is the name Karakuş?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 340 people named Karakuş in 2024, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.
How common is Karakuş compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Karakuş is the 94th 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, “Karakuş” — the 94th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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