Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 831

Bucak

Bucak /buˈdʒak/

“corner; sub-district; Bucak”3

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

How do you pronounce Bucak?

Bucak

IPA /buˈdʒak/

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

What does the surname Bucak mean?

Bucak means “corner, nook”; köşe bucak aramak is to search every nook and cranny. In administration a bucak is a sub-district of an ilçe, run by a director. The district of Bucak in Burdur and many villages bear this name, so the surname may come from the word or from these places.3

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

Bucak is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Bucak made of?

Bucak is a single root: bucak (bucak: corner, nook; sub-district; district of Burdur).

Bucak root bucak bucak: corner, nook;sub-district; district… TURKIC bucak “corner, nook;sub-district of an ilçe” Bucak bucak root bucak: corner, nook; sub-district;district of Burdur bucak TURKIC “corner, nook; sub-district of anilçe”
Bucak: parts and root words
  • bucak Turkic — corner, nook; sub-district of an ilçe3

How was the name Bucak formed?

Bucak belongs to the “place name” class of surnames.

Who are some well-known people named Bucak?

  1. Sedat Bucak politician 1960–
  2. Ayşe Serra Bucak Küçük politician 1976–
  3. Mustafa Remzi Bucak politician 1912–1985
  4. Ali Fuat Bucak politician 1876–1941
  5. Fatma Bucak visual artist 1984–
  6. Sertaç Bucak politician 1951–
  7. Abdulkadir Bucak researcher
  8. Tuba Bucak researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bucak accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bucak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Bucak 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

Common questions about Bucak

Q1

What does the surname Bucak mean?

Bucak means “corner, nook”; köşe bucak aramak is to search every nook and cranny. In administration a bucak is a sub-district of an ilçe, run by a director. The district of Bucak in Burdur and many villages bear this name, so the surname may come from the word or from these places.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bucak?

The root word of Bucak is bucak (Turkic): “corner, nook; sub-district of an ilçe”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Bucak?

Bu·cak, 2 syllables; IPA: /buˈdʒak/.