In ancient times, the Kazakhs bore only a name. Gradually, to clarify, various words began to be added, which could mean the child’s belonging to his father, the profession of a person, certain features, including advantages or disadvantages. Kazakh surnames arose much later than other peoples.

Features of the origin of surnames

The appearance of the first surnames was recorded in the 18th century, and they finally became established after the 1917 revolution. In Soviet times, the initials that were assigned to the Kazakhs correlated with the Russians, and therefore most of them have endings -ov, -ev, -in. These data were inherited from father to son, in a certain period of time it became possible to give the child a surname formed on behalf of his paternal grandfather.

The origin of the Kazakh surnames is Turkic, because they can intersect with other nationalities, the most similar are Uzbek and Azerbaijani. Such a variety brings some uncertainty, especially if, apart from the initials, nothing is known about the person. For example, Isaev is found among Russians, Kazakhs, Chechens, Ingush, Turks.

Kazakh surnames and their meaning

In modern realities, citizens of the state are allowed to exclude endings that correspond to Russian spelling. At the same time, it is forbidden to add any other words to the surnames of the case, and to the patronymic instead of Russian -ova, -evich, -uly, -kiz are used. It is worth noting that before these very prefixes were added to the initials of a person, now it is prohibited.

It turns out that the surname is fully consistent with the name of one of the ancestors.Hence the interpretation of meanings, when almost the entire mass of Kazakh designations comes from names. Others are extremely rare and are usually associated with foreign roots. Often a surname can carry the name of the locality where the genus of its carrier comes from.

Beautiful

Like other nations, part of the initials chosen by people are traditionally recognized as the most popular and interesting.

According to native speakers, the following are the most beautiful Kazakh surnames:

  • Aigaziev;
  • Beysimbekov;
  • Daniyarov;
  • Erasylov;
  • Zharkylsynsyn;
  • Itymbaev;
  • Karamergenov;
  • Markhabatov;
  • Nurylbekov;
  • Ordabaev;
  • Rysmukhambetov;
  • Saurykov;
  • Temirkhanov;
  • Ualiev;
  • Khudaibergenov;
  • Shashubaev.

From the point of view of the Russian language, they sound unusual, clearly indicate the nationality of the owner. It is difficult to say about such common surnames in Kazakhstan as Isaev, Aliyev, Karimov, Kim, Lee, Murat, Serik. Sadykov, Tsoi and Yusupov. For various reasons, these surnames are quite common among other peoples of the multinational territory of the former Soviet Union.

Common

The fact that the most popular Kazakh surnames are considered not the primordial, but borrowed options is recognized as the most interesting:

  1. So, the surname Akhmetov (a) is known among the Kazakh population. Its carriers are over 70 thousand representatives of Kazakhstan. The origin of the surname is Turkic, traditional for the Arab countries.
  2. More than forty thousand namesakes are in each of the following names: Omarov (a), Kim, Ospanov (a). The first has Muslim roots and is translated from Arabic “life”. The same origin is attributed to the name of Ospanov, only in translation does it mean "heroism". Kim belongs to the Korean type. Ospanov is considered Kazakh, despite the fact that the roots go back to the Arabic name Usman.
  3. It may sound strange, but Ivanov (a) is among the five leaders of the most common Kazakh surnames. Almost 40 thousand people in the country are its owners.
  4. More than 36 thousand are Aliyevs in Kazakhstan, and more than 30 thousand people are each of the Suleymanovs and Iskakovs. An important fact remains that even now the original Kazakh surname does not appear in the ranking: all of them are again borrowed from the Turkic peoples. Disputes are ongoing regarding the surname Iskakov. Some believe that its origin has roots from Bashkortostan, associated with the name of the village of the same name. Others see Jewish roots here, while others are convinced of the presence of the Turkic origin.
  5. The ninth and tenth positions in terms of prevalence are held by the names of Abdrakhmanov (a) and Ibragimov (a). And again, the first is rooted in Muslim countries, translated from Arabic as “the servant of the All-Merciful”, and the second came from the Arabic name Ibrahim, which, in turn, is considered an analogue of the Hebrew Abraham - “father of nations”.
  6. And finally, in 11th place, the purely Kazakh surname Kaliev. Its carriers are more than 28 thousand people.

There are a large number of initials with purely national roots: Serik, Bolat, Nurgaliev, Serikbay, Kusainov, Amangeldi and others.

Rare and forgotten

There are rare surnames in Kazakhstan, some of them are long forgotten. In the country, it’s quite simple to change your surname given at birth, because some of the original Kazakh are a thing of the past.

List of the most interesting initials:

  • Ablukataev;
  • Gashkarimov;
  • Cybrick;
  • Tyatygulova;
  • Kubaidulieva;
  • Muhammetzhanova;
  • Eryzhenskaya;
  • Davletgeldinova;
  • Zulkhmar;
  • Fry;
  • Kidreshev;
  • Aidnaliev;
  • Shadgaliev;
  • Foley.

Surnames become quite far from the real Kazakh roots, borrowed options are increasingly used.

Kazakh surnames in imperial time

Full assignment of surnames occurred after the October Revolution of 1917 with the advent of Soviet power. Until that time, from the XVIII century, family names were considered surnames.Similar transformations were needed for the enrollment of Kazakhs in tsarist times for training, in the army or in other public service.

Kazakh male surnames were derived from the name of the father or grandfather and said that this person belongs to such and such a family. By and large, they can’t be called by surnames, rather, they indicated the origin and descent. The rest of the Kazakhs remained without surnames.

Another feature is that both in tsarist times or in the Soviet period, and nowadays it is not customary to take the name of the spouse when married. Girls retain the name that was transmitted on the basis of gender. And women's names differ only in their endings, and some, such as Kim, have no difference.

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