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Uzbek family names in modern Latin spelling

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Uzbek surnames in today's Latin spelling, from Karimov, Yusupov and Abdullayeva to Xudoyberdiyev, Toshpoʻlatov and forms without the Russian ending such as Shayxzoda and Qodiriy. Family names only, one per entry.

About Uzbek last names

Most Uzbek surnames are young. Family names became general in the Soviet period, when a father's or grandfather's given name was turned into a surname with the Russian endings -ov and -ev: Karim gave Karimov, Yusuf gave Yusupov, Abdulla gave Abdullayev. A woman takes the feminine form, so one family has Karimov and Karimova, Abdullayev and Abdullayeva. Feminine forms make up under a third of the list and the rest is given in the masculine.

Because surnames come from given names, they follow Uzbek naming habits. Arabic names give Rahimov, Qodirov and Usmonov, Persian ones Rustamov and Bahodirov, Turkic ones Tursunov, Toshev and Boʻriyev. Compound names give the long surnames that mark the region: Xudoyberdiyev, Eshonqulov, Normurodov, Toshpoʻlatov, Usmonxoʻjayev. Forms such as Matyoqubov and Roʻzmetov, built on a local short form of Muhammad, are typical of Khorezm.

Alongside these are forms without the Russian ending: -zoda (Shayxzoda, Karimzoda), the older -iy known from writers such as Qodiriy and Behbudiy, and the bare name (Qahhor, Gʻulom), which some families have returned to since independence. You will also meet oʻgʻli and qizi in Uzbek documents. They mean 'son of' and 'daughter of' and follow the father's name, so they are patronymics, not surnames, and none are in this list.

How to choose Uzbek last names

  • Pick the form by gender: -ov, -ev and -yev for a man, -ova, -eva and -yeva for a woman. Any masculine entry here becomes feminine by adding -a.
  • For a character born after the 1990s, a form without the Russian ending is believable: Karimzoda in place of Karimov, or the patronymic style with oʻgʻli or qizi after the father's name.
  • A surname is a grandfather's or great-grandfather's first name, so it need not match the family's present style. A modern Sardor can easily be a Toshpoʻlatov or a Xudoyberdiyev.
  • Keep the Uzbek letters if you can. Oʻ and gʻ are single letters, x is the kh sound and q is a deep k, so Qoʻchqorov and Xoʻjayev are the home spellings of what Russian-based sources write as Kuchkarov and Khodjaev.
  • Researching a real family? Expect several Latin spellings of one name in passports and older papers, and match them by sound.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common Uzbek last names?

Karimov, Rahimov, Yusupov, Abdullayev, Ahmedov, Umarov, Ergashev and Tursunov are met all over Uzbekistan, because the given names behind them were so popular. We give no ranking or figures, because counts differ from source to source. All eight are in the list with their feminine forms.

Why do Uzbek surnames end in -ov and -ev?

The endings are Russian. When family names were introduced across Central Asia under Russian and then Soviet rule, the usual way to make one was to add -ov or -ev to a forebear's given name. After a vowel the ending is written -yev, which gives Aliyev, Mirzayev and Joʻrayev.

Are oʻgʻli and qizi surnames?

No. They mean 'son of' and 'daughter of' and come after the father's first name, as in Karim oʻgʻli. That makes them patronymics, which many Uzbeks use as a middle name or in place of a surname, and this list leaves them out.

Do men and women in one family have different surnames?

Only the ending differs. A father is Rahimov and his daughter Rahimova, a brother Hojiyev and his sister Hojiyeva. Forms such as Shayxzoda, Qodiriy and Hamdam do not change.

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All 500 Uzbek last names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 47 names

  • Abbosov
  • Abdugʻafurov
  • Abdugʻaniyev
  • Abduhakimov
  • Abdujalilov
  • Abdulazizov
  • Abdullayev
  • Abdullayeva
  • Abdumalikov
  • Abdurahmonov
  • Abdurashidov
  • Abdurasulov
  • Abdusalomov
  • Abdusamadov
  • Abdusattorov
  • Abduvohidov
  • Abduxoliqov
  • Adashev
  • Afzalov
  • Ahmadaliyev
  • Ahmadjonov
  • Ahmadjonova
  • Ahmedov
  • Ahmedova
  • Akbarov
  • Akbarova
  • Akramov
  • Aliqulov
  • Alisherov
  • Aliyev
  • Aliyeva
  • Amirov
  • Anvarov
  • Anvarova
  • Asadov
  • Asadullayev
  • Ashurov
  • Asqarov
  • Asrorov
  • Avazov
  • Avezov
  • Avloniy
  • Azimov
  • Azimova
  • Azizov
  • Azizova
  • Azizxonov

B: 32 names

  • Badalov
  • Badriddinov
  • Bahodirov
  • Bahodirova
  • Bahromov
  • Baxtiyorov
  • Baxtiyorova
  • Behbudiy
  • Bekmurodov
  • Bekmurodova
  • Bekturdiyev
  • Berdiqulov
  • Berdiyev
  • Berdiyeva
  • Bobojonov
  • Bobojonova
  • Boboqulov
  • Boboqulova
  • Boboxonov
  • Boboxoʻjayev
  • Boboyev
  • Boboyeva
  • Boltayev
  • Botirov
  • Botirova
  • Boymurodov
  • Bozorov
  • Boʻriboyev
  • Boʻriyev
  • Boʻronov
  • Boʻstonov
  • Burhonov

C: 4 names

  • Choriyev
  • Choriyeva
  • Chorshanbiyev
  • Choʻponov

D: 7 names

  • Dadaboyev
  • Davlatov
  • Davlatova
  • Davronov
  • Dehqonov
  • Doniyorov
  • Doʻsmatov

E: 18 names

  • Egamberdiyev
  • Egamberdiyeva
  • Egamnazarov
  • Elmurodov
  • Ergashev
  • Ergasheva
  • Erkinov
  • Ermatov
  • Eshmatov
  • Eshmurodov
  • Eshnazarov
  • Eshonov
  • Eshonqul
  • Eshonqulov
  • Eshonqulova
  • Eshonxoʻjayev
  • Eshqobilov
  • Esonov

F: 5 names

  • Farmonov
  • Fayziyev
  • Fayzullayev
  • Fayzullayeva
  • Fazliddinov

G: 8 names

  • Gʻafurov
  • Gʻafurova
  • Gʻanijonov
  • Gʻaniyev
  • Gʻaniyeva
  • Gʻoyibov
  • Gʻulom
  • Gʻulomov

H: 32 names

  • Habibov
  • Habibullayev
  • Habibullayeva
  • Hakimov
  • Hakimova
  • Hakimzoda
  • Hamdam
  • Hamidov
  • Hamidova
  • Hamidullayev
  • Hamroyev
  • Hamroyeva
  • Hamzayev
  • Haqberdiyev
  • Haqnazarov
  • Haqqulov
  • Hasanov
  • Hasanova
  • Haydarov
  • Haydarova
  • Hayitov
  • Hazratov
  • Hazratqulov
  • Hikmatov
  • Hikmatullayev
  • Hojiyev
  • Hojiyeva
  • Homidov
  • Hoshimov
  • Hoshimova
  • Husanov
  • Husanova

I: 20 names

  • Ibrohimov
  • Ibrohimova
  • Idrisov
  • Ikromov
  • Ilhomov
  • Inoyatov
  • Irmatov
  • Isayev
  • Isayeva
  • Ishoqov
  • Iskandarov
  • Islomov
  • Islomova
  • Ismatov
  • Ismatullayev
  • Ismoiliy
  • Ismoilov
  • Ismoilova
  • Isroilov
  • Isroilova

J: 15 names

  • Jabborov
  • Jabborova
  • Jahongirov
  • Jalilov
  • Jalolov
  • Jamshidov
  • Jiyanov
  • Jovliyev
  • Joʻrayev
  • Joʻrayeva
  • Jumaboyev
  • Jumaniyozov
  • Jumaniyozova
  • Jumayev
  • Jumayeva

K: 10 names

  • Kamoliddinov
  • Kamolov
  • Karimjonov
  • Karimov
  • Karimova
  • Karimzoda
  • Karomatov
  • Kenjayev
  • Komilov
  • Komilova

L: 1 name

  • Latipov

M: 43 names

  • Madaminov
  • Madrimov
  • Mahmudov
  • Mahmudova
  • Malikov
  • Mamadaliyev
  • Mamatqulov
  • Mannonov
  • Mansurov
  • Mansurova
  • Maqsudov
  • Mardonov
  • Masharipov
  • Matyoqubov
  • Mehmonov
  • Meliqoʻziyev
  • Meliyev
  • Mengliyev
  • Merganov
  • Mirabdullayev
  • Mirolimov
  • Mirsaidov
  • Mirzajonov
  • Mirzakarimov
  • Mirzaxalilov
  • Mirzayev
  • Mirzayeva
  • Mirzozoda
  • Moʻminov
  • Moʻminova
  • Muhammadiy
  • Muhammadiyev
  • Muhiddinov
  • Muqimov
  • Murodov
  • Murodova
  • Musayev
  • Musayeva
  • Mustafoyev
  • Musulmonov
  • Muxtor
  • Muxtorov
  • Muxtorova

N: 29 names

  • Nabiyev
  • Nabiyeva
  • Najmiddinov
  • Narziyev
  • Nasimov
  • Nazarov
  • Nazarova
  • Nishonov
  • Niyoziy
  • Niyozov
  • Nizomiddinov
  • Nodirov
  • Nodirova
  • Norbekov
  • Norboyev
  • Norboyeva
  • Normatov
  • Normatova
  • Normurodov
  • Normurodova
  • Nosirov
  • Nuriddinov
  • Nuriddinova
  • Nurmatov
  • Nurmatova
  • Nurmuhamedov
  • Nurov
  • Nurullayev
  • Nurullayeva

O: 25 names

  • Ochilov
  • Odilov
  • Odilova
  • Olimjonov
  • Olimov
  • Olimova
  • Olloyorov
  • Oqboʻtayev
  • Oripov
  • Oripova
  • Ortiqboyev
  • Ortiqov
  • Ortiqxoʻjayev
  • Otajonov
  • Otajonova
  • Otaqoʻziyev
  • Otaqulov
  • Oʻktamov
  • Oʻljayev
  • Oʻrinboyev
  • Oʻrinov
  • Oʻrolov
  • Oʻroqov
  • Oʻrozov
  • Oʻsarov

P: 4 names

  • Pardayev
  • Pirmatov
  • Pirnazarov
  • Poʻlatov

Q: 24 names

  • Qahhor
  • Qahhorov
  • Qambarov
  • Qambarova
  • Qayumov
  • Qilichev
  • Qobilov
  • Qobilova
  • Qodiriy
  • Qodirov
  • Qodirova
  • Qorayev
  • Qoriyev
  • Qosimjonov
  • Qosimov
  • Qosimova
  • Qosimzoda
  • Qoʻchqorov
  • Qoʻldoshev
  • Qoʻshjonov
  • Qoʻysinov
  • Qurbonov
  • Qurbonova
  • Qutbiddinov

R: 26 names

  • Rahimjonov
  • Rahimov
  • Rahimova
  • Rahimzoda
  • Rahmatov
  • Rahmatova
  • Rahmatullayev
  • Rahmatullayeva
  • Rahmonov
  • Rahmonova
  • Rahmonqulov
  • Rajabov
  • Rajabova
  • Ramazonov
  • Ramziy
  • Rashidov
  • Rashidova
  • Rasulov
  • Rasulova
  • Ravshanov
  • Rizayev
  • Roʻziyev
  • Roʻziyeva
  • Roʻzmetov
  • Rustamov
  • Rustamova

S: 60 names

  • Sadullayev
  • Sadullayeva
  • Safarov
  • Safarova
  • Saidahmedov
  • Saidaliyev
  • Saidmurodov
  • Saidov
  • Saidova
  • Saidxonov
  • Saidzoda
  • Salimov
  • Salimova
  • Salohiddinov
  • Samandarov
  • Sardorov
  • Sarimsoqov
  • Sarimsoqova
  • Sarvarov
  • Sattorov
  • Sattorova
  • Sayfiyev
  • Sayfullayev
  • Shamsiddinov
  • Shamsiddinova
  • Sharafiddinov
  • Sharafiddinova
  • Sharifzoda
  • Sharipov
  • Sharipova
  • Sharopov
  • Shayxzoda
  • Sheraliyev
  • Shermatov
  • Sherzodov
  • Shodiyev
  • Shodmonov
  • Shokirov
  • Shokirova
  • Shomurodov
  • Shukrullayev
  • Shukurov
  • Shukurova
  • Siddiqov
  • Sirojiddinov
  • Sobirov
  • Sobirova
  • Sobitov
  • Sodiqov
  • Sodiqova
  • Soliyev
  • Soʻfizoda
  • Suhrobov
  • Sulaymonov
  • Sulaymonova
  • Sultonmurodov
  • Sultonov
  • Sultonova
  • Sultonxoʻjayev
  • Sunnatov

T: 33 names

  • Tangriberdiyev
  • Tangriyev
  • Tavakkalov
  • Temirov
  • Temurov
  • Togʻayev
  • Tohirov
  • Tohirova
  • Tojiboyev
  • Tojiboyeva
  • Tojiddinov
  • Toshboyev
  • Toshev
  • Toshmatov
  • Toshmatova
  • Toshmuhamedov
  • Toshpoʻlatov
  • Toshxoʻjayev
  • Toʻlaganov
  • Toʻlqinov
  • Toʻraxonov
  • Toʻrayev
  • Toʻrayeva
  • Toʻxtaboyev
  • Toʻxtayev
  • Toʻychiyev
  • Turdiyev
  • Turdiyeva
  • Turgʻunov
  • Tursunboyev
  • Tursunboyeva
  • Tursunov
  • Tursunova

U: 10 names

  • Ulugʻbekov
  • Umarbekov
  • Umariy
  • Umarov
  • Umarova
  • Umidov
  • Umurzoqov
  • Usmonov
  • Usmonova
  • Usmonxoʻjayev

V: 4 names

  • Vaisov
  • Valiyev
  • Valiyeva
  • Vohidov

X: 18 names

  • Xalilov
  • Xayrullayev
  • Xidiraliyev
  • Xolboyev
  • Xolboyeva
  • Xoliqov
  • Xolmatov
  • Xolmatova
  • Xolmirzayev
  • Xolnazarov
  • Xoʻjanazarov
  • Xoʻjaqulov
  • Xoʻjayev
  • Xoʻjayeva
  • Xudoyberdiyev
  • Xudoyberdiyeva
  • Xudoynazarov
  • Xudoyqulov

Y: 14 names

  • Yaxshiliqov
  • Yoqubboyev
  • Yoqubov
  • Yoqubova
  • Yormatov
  • Yoʻlchiyev
  • Yoʻlchiyeva
  • Yoʻldoshev
  • Yoʻldosheva
  • Yunusov
  • Yunusova
  • Yusufzoda
  • Yusupov
  • Yusupova

Z: 11 names

  • Zafarov
  • Zamonov
  • Zaripov
  • Zaripova
  • Ziyoyev
  • Zoirov
  • Zokirov
  • Zokirova
  • Zufarov
  • Zunnunov
  • Zunnunova