Turkmen Submitted Surnames

ABAEV Ossetian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Turkmen
Possibly derived from Proto-Turkic *bāj meaning “rich, noble”.

ABDULLAEV Uzbek, Dargin, Lezgin, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of ABDULLAH".

ABDURAKHMANOV Uzbek, Chechen, Avar, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of ABDURAKHMAN".

ALIEV Chechen, Avar, Lak, Kumyk, Lezgin, Dargin, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen, Kyrgyz
Means "son of ALI (1)".

ALIMOV Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of ALIM".

ASHYROW Turkmen

BABAEV Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian
Variant transcription of BABAYEV.

BABAYEV Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Uzbek
Derived from Tatar бабай (babay) meaning "old man, grandfather".

BASHIMOW Turkmen
son of Bashim.

GARAYEV Azerbaijani, Tatar, Turkmen, Bashkir

IBRAGIMOV Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Azerbaijani
Means "son of IBRAGIM".

IBRAGIMOVA Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Ibragimov.

ISAEV Chechen, Lezgin, Dargin, Avar, Uzbek, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of ISA (1)".

ISMAILOV Uzbek, Chechen, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of ISMAIL".

JUMAÝEW Turkmen
Means "son of JUMA".

KADYROV Chechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar, Tatar, Dagestani
Means "son of KADYR". Notable bearers include father and son RAMZAN (1951-2004) and AKHMAD (1976-) Kadyrov, former President and current President of the Chechen Republic, respectively.

KARIMOV Uzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of KARIM".

KASYMOV Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of QASIM".

KURBANOV Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Lak, Dargin, Kumyk, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of KURBAN".

MUSAEV Uzbek, Chechen, Ingush, Dagestani, Dargin, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of MUSA".

NIYAZOV Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Derived from Persian نیاز (niyâz) meaning "desire, wish, gift".

NIYAZOVA Uzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Feminine counterpart of Niyazov.

NYÝAZOW Turkmen (Rare)
Turkmen form of NIYAZOV.

OMAROV Kazakh, Dagestani, Avar, Dargin, Azerbaijani, Turkmen
Variant transcription of UMAROV.

OMAROVA Kazakh, Dagestani, Avar, Dargin, Azerbaijani, Turkmen
Feminine form of Omarov.

ORAZGELDIYEW Turkmen
Means "son of ORAZGELDI" in Turkmen.

ORAZOW Turkmen
Means "son of ORAZ".

RAKHIMOV Bashkir, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of RAKHIM".

RAMAZANOV Azerbaijani, Lezgin, Lak, Bashkir, Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of RAMAZAN".

RASULOV Uzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Dargin, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of RASUL".

SADYKOV Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Either derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" or صَادِق (ṣādiq) meaning "true, truthful, veracious".

SAIDOV Tajik, Uzbek, Chechen, Avar, Lezgin, Lak, Turkmen
Means "son of SA'ID".

SHARIPOV Tajik, Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of SHARIP".

SULTANOV Uzbek, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of SULTAN".

TÜRKMEN Turkish, Turkmen
Refers to a Turkmen person (someone from the present-day nation of Turkmenistan). The ethnonym itself is believed to be derived from Türk combined with the Sogdian suffix -man (thus meaning "almost Turk") or from Türk combined with Arabic إِيمَان (ʾīmān) meaning "faith, belief, religion".

UMAROV Chechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen
Means "son of UMAR".

YULDASHEV Uzbek, Bashkir, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Kazakh
Means "son of the traveller" or "son of the companion" from Turkish yoldaş "traveller, acolyte, companion", itself derived from Turkic yol meaning "road, path, way" combined with -daş, a suffix denoting "fellow, sharer".

YUNUSOV Uzbek, Bashkir, Tatar, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of YUNUS".

YUSUPOV Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Jewish
Means "son of YUSUP", also used by Central Asian Jews. This was the name of a Russian family of nobility of Crimean Tatar ancestry.

YUSUPOVA Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Jewish
Feminine transcription of Yusupov, the surname of a Russian family of nobility of Crimean Tatar ancestry. It is also used by Central Asian Jews.