Kazakh Submitted Surnames

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

ABDULAYEVKazakh, Tajik, Chechen
Means "son of Abdullah".

ABDULINUzbek, Kazakh
From the given name Abdullah.

ABDULLAEVUzbek, Dargin, Lezgin, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Abdullah".

ABDULLINTatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, Kazakh
From the given name Abdullah.

ABDULOVRussian, Bashkir, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh
Means "son of Abdul".

ADELZHANOVKazakh (Rare)
Means "son of Adelzhan".

AIBEKOVKazakh
Means "son of Aibek".

AKHATOVTatar, Uzbek, Kazakh
Means "son of Akhat".

AKHMADIEVBashkir, Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek
Means "son of Akhmad".

AKHMETOVKazakh, Tatar, Uzbek, Crimean Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Akhmat".

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

ALIKHANOVRussian, Kazakh
Means "son of Alikhan".

ALIMOVUzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of Alim".

ALIYEVAzerbaijani, Russian, Kazakh
Derived from the given name Ali. This surname is of Arabic origin and is used throughout Central Asia and the Caucasus.

ALMATYEVKazakh (Rare)
Derived from Almaty, the name of a city in Kazakhstan.

AMANGELDIEVKazakh
Means "son of Amangeldi" in Kazakh.

AMIROVBashkir, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
Means "son of Amir".

ASTANAKazakh
Derived from Astana, the name of the capital city of Kazakhstan. Its name is derived from Persian آستانه (âstâne) meaning "capital".

AUBAKIROVKazakh
Means "son of Aubakir", from a given name of Arabic origin derived from Arabic أَبُو (ʾabū) meaning "father (of)" combined with بكير (bakir) possibly meaning "learner, student" or بَكَرَ (bakara) meaning "to get up early" (figuratively meaning "early ripened" or "quickly learned")... [more]

AUBAKIROVAKazakh
Feminine equivalent of Aubakirov.

AYBEKOVKazakh
Variant transcription of Aibekov.

AZIZOVUzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Dargin, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Aziz".

BABAEVUzbek, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian
Variant transcription of Babayev.

BAIZHANOVKazakh
Variant transcription of Bayzhanov.

BAYZHANOVKazakh
Means “son of Bayzhan”.

BOLATOVKazakh
Means "son of Bolat".

ERJANOVKazakh (Rare)
Rare variant transcription of Erzhanov.

ERZHANOVKazakh
Means "son of Erzhan".

IBRAGIMOVUzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Avar, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ibragim".

IBRAIMOVKyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Crimean Tatar
Variant of Ibrahimov.

IDRISOVChechen, Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Idris (1)".

ISAEVChechen, Lezgin, Dargin, Avar, Uzbek, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of Isa (1)".

ISKAKOVKazakh
Means “son of Iskak (see Isaac)”.

ISLAMOVUzbek, Chechen, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Islam".

ISMAILOVUzbek, Chechen, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Ismail".

KADYROVChechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar
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.

KARIMOVUzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of Karim".

KASYMOVUzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen
Means "son of Qasim".

KHAMZINTatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
From the given name Khamza.

KHASANOVChechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Khasan" in Chechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar, and Bashkir.

KUDAIBERGENOVKazakh
From a given name meaning "given by God", itself derived from Kazakh құдай (quday) meaning "god, deity" and беруге (beruge) meaning "to give".

KUDAYBERGENOVKazakh, Kyrgyz
Variant transcription of Kudaibergenov.

KURBANOVUzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Lak, Dargin, Kumyk, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Kurban".

KUSAINOVKazakh
Means "son of Kusain", possibly derived from a form of the name Husayn.

MAKHMUTOVBashkir, Tatar, Kazakh
Means "son of Makhmut".

MAKSATOVKazakh
From the given name Maksat.

MUSAEVUzbek, Chechen, Ingush, Dagestani, Dargin, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Musa".

MUSINTatar, Bashkir, Russian, Kazakh
From the given name Musa.

MUSTAFINTatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, Kazakh
From the given name Mustafa.

MUSTAFINATatar, Kazakh, Uzbek, Bashkir
Feminine form of Mustafin.

NAZARBAYEVKazakh
A bearer is current Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-).

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

NURALIEVTajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Derived from Arabic نُور (nūr) meaning "light, illumination, brightness" combined with the name Ali (1).

NURASYLOVKazakh (Rare)
Means "son of Nurasyl".

NURGALIEVKazakh
From a given name derived from Arabic نُور (nūr) "light" (see Nur) and Ali (1).

NURISLAMOVKazakh
Means "son of Nurislam".

NURSULTANOVKazakh
Means "son of Nursultan".

NURZHANOVKazakh
Means "son of Nurzhan".

OMAROVKazakh, Dagestani, Avar, Dargin, Azerbaijani, Turkmen
Variant transcription of Umarov.

OSPANKazakh
From the Kazakh given name Ospan, a variant of Uthman.

RAKHIMOVBashkir, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Rakhim".

RAMADANOVRussian (Rare), Kazakh (Rare), Bulgarian (Rare)
Means "son of Ramadan".

RAMAZANOVAzerbaijani, Lezgin, Lak, Bashkir, Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Ramazan".

RASULOVUzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Dargin, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Rasul".

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

SALIMOVUzbek, Tajik, Bashkir, Tatar, Lezgin, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Means "son of Salim".

SARSENBAEVKazakh
From the given name Sarsen combined with Kazakh бай (bay) meaning "rich, wealthy".

SARSENOVKazakh
Means "son of Sarsen".

SATYBALDIEVKyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Satybaldy".

SERIKBAEVKazakh
Means "son of Serikbay".

SERIKOVKazakh
Means "son of Serik".

SHARIPOVTajik, Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Sharip".

SULTANBEKOVKazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek
Means "son of Sultanbek".

SULTANOVUzbek, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Sultan".

SYDYKOVKyrgyz, Kazakh
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" or صَادِق (ṣādiq) meaning "true, truthful, veracious".

TALGATOVKazakh
Means "son of Talgat".

TAZHIBAEVKyrgyz, Kazakh
Means "son of Tazhibay".

TEMIROVKazakh
Means "son of Temir".

TURSYNBEKOVKazakh
Means "son of Tursynbek".

UMAROVChechen, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen
Means "son of Umar".

USMANOVUzbek, Chechen, Tatar, Bashkir, Tajik, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Crimean Tatar
Means "son of Usman".

YULDASHEVUzbek, 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".

YUNUSOVUzbek, Bashkir, Tatar, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of Yunus".

YUSUPOVUzbek, 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.

ZHANIBEKOVKazakh
Means "son of Zhanibek".

ZHUMABEKOVKazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Zhumabek".

ZHUNUSOVKazakh, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Zhunus", from a form of the Arabic name Yunus.

ZHUSUPOVKazakh, Kyrgyz
Means “son of Zhusup”.