Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 817

Bozkaya

Bozkaya /bozkaˈja/

“grey rock”1

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

How do you pronounce Bozkaya?

Bozkaya

IPA /bozkaˈja/

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

What does the surname Bozkaya mean?

Bozkaya means ‘grey rock’. Boz is a colour word going back to Proto-Turkic **boŕ*, meaning both ‘grey, dun’ and ‘uncultivated (land)’. Names of this kind, describing rocky places, are common in Anatolia.1,2

Grammar boz + kaya.

What is Bozkaya made of?

Bozkaya breaks into 2 parts: boz (boz: grey) + kaya (kaya: rock).

Bozkaya + root boz boz: grey TURKIC boz “grey, dun” root kaya kaya: rock TURKIC kaya “rock” Bozkaya boz root boz: grey boz TURKIC “grey, dun” kaya root kaya: rock kaya TURKIC “rock”
Bozkaya: parts and root words
  • boz Turkic — grey, dun1
  • kaya Turkic — rock2

How was the name Bozkaya formed?

Bozkaya belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (boz + kaya).

Which surnames are related to Bozkaya?

Bozkaya Kaya Bozkurt Akkaya Çetinkaya Karakaya Sarıkaya Özkaya Yalçınkaya Boz Bozdağ Kayalı Kızılkaya
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kaya same root 2 899,722
02 Bozkurt same root – –
03 Akkaya same root – –
04 Çetinkaya same root – –
05 Karakaya same root – –
06 Sarıkaya same root – –
07 Özkaya same root – –
08 Yalçınkaya same root – –
09 Boz same root – –
10 Bozdağ same root – –
11 Kayalı same root – –
12 Kızılkaya same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bozkaya?

  1. Gökhan Bozkaya association football player 1981–
  2. Burçin Bozkaya researcher
  3. Canan Bozkaya mathematician
  4. Gülcan Bozkaya researcher
  5. Halil Bozkaya researcher
  6. Tuğba Bozkaya civil servant 1979–
  7. Uğur Bozkaya researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

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

Common questions about Bozkaya

Q1

What does the surname Bozkaya mean?

Bozkaya means ‘grey rock’. Boz is a colour word going back to Proto-Turkic **boŕ*, meaning both ‘grey, dun’ and ‘uncultivated (land)’. Names of this kind, describing rocky places, are common in Anatolia.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bozkaya?

The root word of Bozkaya is boz (Turkic): “grey, dun”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bozkaya?

Boz·ka·ya, 3 syllables; IPA: /bozkaˈja/.