Gazibeyoglu Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Gazibeyoglu Surname User-submission:

The Gazibeyoglu surname derives from the words gazi, meaning 'war veteran', Bey, meaning 'chieftain', and -oglu, meaning 'son'.

Gazi is is an individual who participated in ghazw, meaning 'military expeditions' or 'raiding'.

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Gazibeyoglu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey711:1,096,07648,094

Gazibeyoglu Surname Meaning

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The Gazibeyoglu surname derives from the words gazi, meaning 'war veteran', Bey, meaning 'chieftain', and -oglu, meaning 'son'.

Gazi is is an individual who participated in ghazw, meaning 'military expeditions' or 'raiding'. The latter term was taken up by Turkic military leaders to describe their wars of conquest.

Bey is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and an honorific, traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in the numerous Turkic kingdoms. The Ottoman state had started out as one of a dozen Turkish Gazi Beyliks, roughly comparable to western European duchies.

Oglu means 'son of' and refers to the lineage of the Gazi Bey.

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Hacibeyoglu823/
Gazepoglu805/
Kocibeyoglu737/
Gazapoglu709/
Hacıbayoglu6490/
Hadjibeiglou611/
Hajibeigloo551/

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