Uzun

surname · Latin script

Meaning: tall

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

Uzun is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 50th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 563(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 26K
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 1.9K

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)

≈150,000 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
140 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 563 (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

UzunLatin(measured from records)
אוזוןHebrew(measured from records)
უზუნGeorgian(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

tall

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Uzun 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 Uzun is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#50≈150,000 est.≈1 in 563—Uzun140
FR France—≈880 est.≈1 in 77K141Uzun3
CY Cyprus#61≈680 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Uzun21
NL Netherlands—6771 in 26K677Uzun34
SY Syria—≈630 est.≈1 in 31K—Uzun6
CH Switzerland—3051 in 28K305Uzun17

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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

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

  • German surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, United States, Austria

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Üzün, Uezuen, Üzun, Ûzun, Uzün

  • Russian surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye, Bulgaria

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

    Also written Узун, Üzün

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, United States

    Also written Üzün, Uzuñ

  • Portuguese surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Brazil, United States, Spain

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written U'Zun, Üzün

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Üzün

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Türkiye, Sweden, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Üzün

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Netherlands, United States, Indonesia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Üzün

30 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)

Uzun is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Romanian, n. tatar, cf. Uzun-Hassan, sah persan, Hasan eel lung". 1. Uzun, T. mold. (Sur IX). 2. Uzune§ti = Ozune§ti s. numit dupa Ozun cel batrIn" (16 A III 69, 306 ; Ist. Rominiei 1962, II p. 70) ; Uzonie, Ax. ban. act. ; 3. Buzau (C-raz 13). sau < Huz -un. si + Vaeareiue, Vacare, -ea v. V a c a r 2, 3.

    as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc

  • In Azerbaijani, long

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In otk, long; length (of time and space)

    as a wordClauson, An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth-Century Turkish (1972)

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)

19401960198020002020Piraye Uzun, b. 1949Mehmed Uzun, b. 1953Kemal Uzun, b. 1959Şoray Uzun, b. 1967Sinan Uzun, b. 1990Bülent Uzun, b. 1990Ecem Uzun, b. 1992Sevgi Uzun, b. 1997Can Uzun, b. 2005
  • Piraye Uzunb. 1949TRTurkish actor (born 1949)
  • Mehmed Uzunb. 1953TRTurkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1953–2007)
  • Kemal Uzunb. 1959TRTurkish actor and director (1959–2017)
  • Şoray Uzunb. 1967TRTurkish actor (born 1967)
  • Sinan Uzunb. 1990TRTurkish association football player (born 1990)
  • Bülent Uzunb. 1990TRTurkish association football player (born 1990)
  • Ecem Uzunb. 1992TRTurkish actor (born 1992)
  • Sevgi Uzunb. 1997TRTurkish basketball player (born 1997)
  • Can Uzunb. 2005DETurkish association football player (born 2005)
  • Lokman UzunTRTurkish researcher

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 Uzun,Dear , (English)
InformalSayın Uzun,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 33 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Uzun
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007677#2,697
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024305#4,285
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991141—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198181—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197139—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19612—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901——

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
  • Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)

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 Uzun mean, and where does it come from?
tall Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Uzun?
A machine transcription gives /uzun/ (IPA) for Turkish.
In which country does Uzun have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 146 thousand people named Uzun in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled uzun.
How common is the name Uzun?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 677 people named Uzun in 2007, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
How common is Uzun compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Uzun is the 50th 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, “Uzun” — the 50th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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