Kazakh-language surnames

Akhmetov or Ahmetov is a Turkic surname that is common along the Islamic post-Soviet regions of Bashkortostan, Kazakhstan and Tatarstan, with the addition of Chuvashia. The name originates from Arabic as Ahmad (), meaning as the "most praiseworthy". The surname in feminine is often written as Akhmetova.

Karimov or Carimoff is a slavicised version of the name Karim. Its feminine counterpart is Karimova. It is most popular in Central Asia, especially in Uzbekistan, although it is prevalent in the South Caucasus. Notable people with the surname include:

Nigmatullin or Nigmatulin is a Turkic surname originating from the masculine given name Nimatullah; its feminine counterpart is Nigmatullina or Nigmatulina. Notable people with the surname include:

Zhaparov or Japarov (Cyrillic: Жапаров) is a Kazakhstani masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Zhaparova or Japarova. It may refer to

Musayev, Musaev, Muzayev or Muzaev (Russian: Мусаев, Музаев) is a Russian-language masculine patronymic surname originating from the masculine given name Musa by the addition of the Slavic patronymic suffix '-ev'. Its feminine counterparts are Musayeva, Musaeva, Muzayeva or Muzaeva. The surname may refer to

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Ashimov (; ; ) or Ashimova (feminine; , ), is a Central Asian patronymic surname derived from the given name Ashim, a variant of Asem, with the Russian patronymic suffix '-ov'. Notable people with the surname include:

Nabiyev or Nabiev (, ) is a Russianized Turkic (Tatar, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani), Iranian (Tajik), and Caucasian (Dagestan) family name. Notable people with the surname include:

Huseynov, Hüseynov, Guseinov, Gusseinov or Guseynov (, ) and its female form Huseynova, Guseinova, Gusseinova or Guseynova (, ) is an Azerbaijani surname. It is slavicized from the Arabic male given name Hussein. Notable people carrying this name include:

Abdulin () is a masculine surname, commonly found in Azerbaijani, Russian, and Central Asian languages. It is a variant of Abdulayev. Abdulina () is the feminine surname counterpart. Notable people with the surname include: Denis Abdulin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey forward Mansur Abdulin (1923–2007), Russian memoirist Rinat Abdulin (born 1982), Kazakhstani association football player

Abdulayev or Abdulaev (; masculine) or Abdulayeva/Abdulaeva (; feminine) is a surname in Russian, Caucasian, and Central Asian languages.