Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 729

Beştaş

Beştaş /beʃˈtaʃ/ ASCII Bestas

“five stones; the five-stone game”2

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

How do you pronounce Beştaş?

Beştaş

IPA /beʃˈtaʃ/

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

What does the surname Beştaş mean?

Made of beş “five” and taş “stone”. In the dictionary beştaş is the children’s game of five stones, in which the stones on the ground are scooped up before the tossed one lands, and also a ring or earring set with five stones.2,3

Grammar Numeral beş + noun taş, written as one dictionary word.

That Beştaş goes back to beştaş and beş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

Beştaş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Beştaş made of?

Beştaş breaks into 2 parts: beş (beş: five) + taş (taş: stone).

Beştaş + root beş beş: five TURKIC beştaş “children’s game playedwith five stones; ring…” root taş taş: stone TURKIC beş “five” Beştaş beş root beş: five beştaş TURKIC “children’s game played with fivestones; ring or earring set…” taş root taş: stone beş TURKIC “five”
Beştaş: parts and root words
  • beştaş Turkic — children’s game played with five stones; ring or earring set with five stones2
  • beş Turkic — five3

How was the name Beştaş formed?

Beştaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (beş + taş).

Which surnames are related to Beştaş?

Beştaş Aktaş Karataş Taş Altıntaş Demirtaş Taşdemir Taşçı Ertaş Göktaş Taşkıran Taştan Altuntaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aktaş same root 30 222,711
02 Karataş same root – –
03 Taş same root – –
04 Altıntaş same root – –
05 Demirtaş same root – –
06 Taşdemir same root – –
07 Taşçı same root – –
08 Ertaş same root – –
09 Göktaş same root – –
10 Taşkıran same root – –
11 Taştan same root – –
12 Altuntaş same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Beştaş most common?

Beştaş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 28th in Siirt.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 Sakarya Samsun Siirt · rank 28 · 1,249 people Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon 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 1
  • Not listed
Beştaş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Siirt281,249

Who are some well-known people named Beştaş?

  1. Meral Danış Beştaş politician 1967–

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

How is Beştaş written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Bestas in English and German records.

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 Vikisözlük: beştaş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: beş 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 Beştaş

Q1

What does the surname Beştaş mean?

Made of beş “five” and taş “stone”. In the dictionary beştaş is the children’s game of five stones, in which the stones on the ground are scooped up before the tossed one lands, and also a ring or earring set with five stones.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Beştaş?

The root word of Beştaş is beştaş (Turkic): “children’s game played with five stones; ring or earring set with five stones”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Beştaş?

Beş·taş, 2 syllables; IPA: /beʃˈtaʃ/.