Posted by Orak Dogu --Previous Message--
on 4/4/2005, 3:27 pm, in reply to "Re: relatives"
85.99.142.90
Dear R. Nas,
It is very difficult to predict the origin of a person just by knowing the surname.
The surname Nas you can find almost in every town. I made a quick investigation for the concentration of Nas families, and established 4 districts where they are especially concentrated:
1) Siirt, Shirnak, Mardin, Batman area (south-east Turkey, close to Syrian and Iraqi border)
2) Gumushhane, Trabzon area (north-east Turkey, Black Sea coast)
3) Adana, Mersin area (south Turkey, Mediterranean coast)
4) Istanbul (this doesn't mean much, because Istanbul is a very cosmopolit city)
Most probably, the origin of your name is one of the fist 3 regions.
Nas is an Arabic word and means, "Human, People, Humankind". This word has also been used in Turkish language in the last century with the same meaning. The synonym of it in contemporary Turkish is "insan".
If you have other questions in this matter just write me.
wishing you good luck in your investigations
Orak Dogu
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: --Previous Message--
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: Dear Sungu,
: According to my investigations the names
: mentioned in your message are concentrated
: mainly in following cities: SUNGU : Adana
: (Seyhan), Ýçel (Mersin), Ýzmir
: KANSU : Adana (Saimbeyli), Antalya
: (Manavgat), Balýkesir, Bursa, Ýçel
: (Mersin), Ýzmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Muðla
: (Fethiye, Bodrum), Urfa, Zonguldak
: ÖNEN : Adana (Seyhan, Yüregir), Antalya,
: Aydýn, Balýkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale,
: Denizli, Diyarbakýr, Eskiþehir, Ýçel
: (Mersin), Manisa, Mardin, Ýzmir, Kocaeli,
: Tekirdag
: BAÞUSTAOGLU : Giresun
: KAPTANLAR : Afyon, Antalya, Bursa, Istanbul
: KAPTAN : (There are many KAPTAN's in many
: towns, including Adana, Antalya, Balýkesir,
: Ýçel (Silifke, Mersin), Muðla (Fethiye,
: Bodrum, Yatagan)
: PAÞAZADELER : (I couldn't trace any)
: PAÞAZADE There are only some PAÞAZADE's
: in Istanbul)
:
: I excluded Ankara and Istanbul, because they
: are too cosmopolit. For me it is remarkable
: that Baþustaoglu's are living almost only
: in Giresun.
:
: I think that Adana and Ýçel are the most
: common cities for these names; so it is a
: possiblity that your relatives are from
: south parts of Turkey (Mediterranean
: coasts).
: I hope this information is of any help for
: you.
: Regards
: Orak
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: i would be indebted to you if you could help
: me out with my surnames origins, im from
: north east turkey but the elders say my
: family came from south east but i have no
: means to research my surname is 'Nas' arabic
: for 'ey insan' hope you could help me
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