Surnames
The surname Karayiğit
Source: TÜİK, ADNKS. The lists cover the 30 most common surnames for Türkiye and for each province.
What the surname Karayiğit means
Black or dark; a brave person
It combines kara, black or dark, with yiğit, brave person. Kara also has figurative uses, so the intended nuance cannot be fixed from the spelling.
What a surname means says nothing about the origins of the families who bear it.
Source: TurkStat (TÜİK), Address-Based Population Registration System. All surnames →