Re: surname Karamanlis
in reply to a message by Jim Young
The name means a person of the 'Caramanli' Turkish tribe who settled in the Greek lands of Asia minor (now Turkey) .
The suffix 'is' is Greek , the name was given to a Turkish person by Greeks (turk settled and mixed with greeks).
The suffix 'is' is Greek , the name was given to a Turkish person by Greeks (turk settled and mixed with greeks).