Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 431

Ataş

Ataş /aˈtaʃ/ ASCII Atas

“fire (dialect form)”2

Province lists
31
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Spellings
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Ataş?

Ataş

IPA /aˈtaʃ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Ataş mean?

Ataş is the form of ateş, “fire”, that survives in Anatolian dialects, closer to the Persian original ātaş. In today’s standard language ataş also means a paper clip, but the surname has nothing to do with that modern sense. The name carries the image of hearth and fire.2

That Ataş goes back to ataş is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

Ataş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Ataş made of?

Ataş is a single root: ataş (dialect form of ateş “fire”).

Ataş root ataş dialect form of ateş“fire” PERSIAN ataş “dialect form of ateş;from Persian ātaş” Ataş ataş root dialect form of ateş “fire” ataş PERSIAN “dialect form of ateş; fromPersian ātaş”
Ataş: parts and root words
  • ataş Persian — dialect form of ateş; from Persian ātaş2

How was the name Ataş formed?

Ataş belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

How else is Ataş spelled?

Ateşspelling

Where in Türkiye is Ataş most common?

Ataş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 3 provinces; its best rank is 25th in Bingöl.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl · rank 25 · 768 people Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ · rank 25 · 2,245 people Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli · rank 27 · 295 people Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 3
  • Not listed
Ataş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Elazığ252,245
02Bingöl25768
03Tunceli27295

Who are some well-known people named Ataş?

  1. Barış Ataş association football player 1987–
  2. Benyamen Ataş archbishop 1964–
  3. Dursun Ataş politician 1966–
  4. Sinem Ataş basketball player 1995–
  5. Aytekin Ataş singer-songwriter 1978–
  6. Fatma Ataş association football player 1994–
  7. Ali Ekber Ataş writer 1961–
  8. Erdal Ataş statesperson 1974–

People surnamed Ataş as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

How is Ataş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Ataş is usually written Atas.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ataş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ateş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ataş

Q1

What does the surname Ataş mean?

Ataş is the form of ateş, “fire”, that survives in Anatolian dialects, closer to the Persian original ātaş. In today’s standard language ataş also means a paper clip, but the surname has nothing to do with that modern sense. The name carries the image of hearth and fire.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ataş?

The root word of Ataş is ataş (Persian): “dialect form of ateş; from Persian ātaş”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ataş?

A·taş, 2 syllables; IPA: /aˈtaʃ/.