Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 659

Bayraktar

Bayraktar /bajɾakˈtaɾ/

“standard-bearer”2

Province lists
21
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
9 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Provinces
  8. §8Notable people
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Bayraktar?

Bayraktar

IPA /bajɾakˈtaɾ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bayraktar mean?

A bayraktar is a standard-bearer, the one who carries the flag in an army or a company. The word joins Turkish bayrak, “flag”, with the Persian suffix -dar, “holder, bearer”; Ottoman records write bayrakdar. The surname comes from this title of duty.2,3

Grammar bayrak (Turkish) + -dar (Persian “holder”).

Bayraktar is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bayraktar made of?

Bayraktar breaks into 2 parts: bayrak (flag, banner) + -dar (Persian: holder, bearer).

Bayraktar ++ root bayrak flag, banner TURKIC bayrak “flag, banner” suffix -dar Persian: holder, bearer PERSIAN -dār “holder, keeper” Bayraktar bayrak root flag, banner bayrak TURKIC “flag, banner” -dar suffix Persian: holder, bearer -dār PERSIAN “holder, keeper”
Bayraktar: parts and root words
  • bayrak Turkic — flag, banner2
  • -dār Persian — holder, keeper3

How was the name Bayraktar formed?

Bayraktar belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (bayrak + -dar).

Which surnames are related to Bayraktar?

Bayraktar Albayrak Bayrak Bayrakçı Sancaktar Bayraklı Bayraktaroğlu Bayraktutan Kılıçdaroğlu Akbayrak Büyükbayraktar Özbayraktar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Albayrak same root – –
02 Bayrak same root – –
03 Bayrakçı same root – –
04 Sancaktar same root – –
05 Bayraklı same root – –
06 Bayraktaroğlu same root – –
07 Bayraktutan same root – –
08 Kılıçdaroğlu same root – –
09 Akbayrak same root – –
10 Büyükbayraktar same root – –
11 Özbayraktar same root – –

How else is Bayraktar spelled?

Bayrakdarspelling

Where in Türkiye is Bayraktar most common?

Bayraktar is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 2 provinces; its best rank is 16th in Trabzon.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ 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 · rank 30 · 1,219 people Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon · rank 16 · 4,921 people Tunceli 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 2
  • Not listed
Bayraktar: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Trabzon164,921
02Rize301,219

Who are some well-known people named Bayraktar?

  1. Selçuk Bayraktar politician 1979–
  2. Alparslan Bayraktar politician 1975–
  3. Doğan Bayraktar actor 1995–
  4. Hakan Bayraktar association football player 1976–
  5. Haluk Bayraktar manager 1978–
  6. Erdoğan Bayraktar politician 1948–
  7. Ufuk Bayraktar actor 1981–
  8. Uluç Bayraktar film director 1974–

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

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: bayrak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: -dār accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bayraktar accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bayraktar

Q1

What does the surname Bayraktar mean?

A bayraktar is a standard-bearer, the one who carries the flag in an army or a company. The word joins Turkish bayrak, “flag”, with the Persian suffix -dar, “holder, bearer”; Ottoman records write bayrakdar. The surname comes from this title of duty.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bayraktar?

The root word of Bayraktar is bayrak (Turkic): “flag, banner”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bayraktar?

Bay·rak·tar, 3 syllables; IPA: /bajɾakˈtaɾ/.