indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname (from location)
Usage Turkish
Other Forms FormsUrguplu, Urgüplü, Ürgüplüoğlu, Urgupluoglu, Ürgüp, Urgup, Urguplouglu
Meaning & History
Denoted a person from Ürgüp (called Prokópio or Prokópi in Greek), the name of both a town and a district in central Turkey. The place name itself is derived via Ottoman Turkish اوركوب (ürgüb) from Greek Προκόπιο (Prokópio), a shortened form of Άγιος Προκόπιος (Ágios Prokópios) meaning "Saint Procopius", a 4th-century Christian martyr from Scythopolis for whom the town was originally named. A famous bearer was the Turkish prime minister Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903-1981).