Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bölükbaşı

Bölükbaşı /bølykbaˈʃɯ/ ASCII Bolukbasi

“company commander”2

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
B
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Bölükbaşı?

Bölükbaşı

IPA /bølykbaˈʃɯ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bölükbaşı mean?

A bölükbaşı is the officer at the head of a company; the dictionary explains it as a senior officer of the Janissary corps. A bölük is a military company made up of several platoons. A village in Ağrı also bears the name.1,2

Grammar bölük + baş + possessive -ı, an indefinite possessive compound.

Bölükbaşı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bölükbaşı made of?

Bölükbaşı is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: bölük (bölük: company (military unit)) + başı (head of).

Bölükbaşı ++ root bölük bölük: company (militaryunit) TURKIC bölükbaşı “a senior officer in theJanissary corps” suffix başı head of TURKIC bölük “military company,several of which form a…” Bölükbaşı bölük root bölük: company (military unit) bölükbaşı TURKIC “a senior officer in theJanissary corps” başı suffix head of bölük TURKIC “military company, several ofwhich form a battalion”
Bölükbaşı: parts and root words
  • bölükbaşı Turkic — a senior officer in the Janissary corps2
  • bölük Turkic — military company, several of which form a battalion1

How was the name Bölükbaşı formed?

Bölükbaşı was formed by adding the suffix başı (“head of”) to bölük (“bölük: company (military unit)”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Bölükbaşı?

Bölükbaşı Bölük Bölükbaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bölük same root – –
02 Bölükbaş same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bölükbaşı?

  1. Cem Bölükbaşı racing driver 1998–
  2. Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı politician 1869–1949
  3. İbrahim Bölükbaşı amateur wrestler 1990–
  4. Osman Bölükbaşı politician 1911–2002
  5. Bülent Bölükbaşı association football player 1976–
  6. Mehmet Bölükbaşı association football player 1978–
  7. Zerrin Bölükbaşı sculptor 1919–2010
  8. Deniz Bölükbaşı politician 1949–2018

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

How is Bölükbaşı written and pronounced abroad?

English-language records usually print Bölükbaşı as Bolukbasi, dropping the diacritics.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bölük accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Bölükbaşı accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bölükbaşı accessed 9 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bölük accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Bölükbaşı accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bölükbaşı

Q1

What does the surname Bölükbaşı mean?

A bölükbaşı is the officer at the head of a company; the dictionary explains it as a senior officer of the Janissary corps. A bölük is a military company made up of several platoons. A village in Ağrı also bears the name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bölükbaşı?

The root word of Bölükbaşı is bölük (Turkic): “military company, several of which form a battalion”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bölükbaşı?

Bö·lük·ba·şı, 4 syllables; IPA: /bølykbaˈʃɯ/.