Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 857

Büyük

Büyük /byˈjyk/ ASCII Buyuk

“big, great; elder”3

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Formation
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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 Büyük?

Büyük

IPA /byˈjyk/

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

What does the surname Büyük mean?

Büyük describes what is large in size or volume; the same word also means “older” and “eminent, great”. As a surname it may evoke a big-built person just as well as the elder of a household.3

Büyük is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Büyük made of?

Büyük is a single root: büyük (büyük: big; elder; great).

Büyük root büyük büyük: big; elder; great TURKIC büyük “large; older; important,great” Büyük büyük root büyük: big; elder; great büyük TURKIC “large; older; important, great”
Büyük: parts and root words
  • büyük Turkic — large; older; important, great3

How was the name Büyük formed?

Büyük belongs to the “adjective” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Büyük?

Büyük Büyükburç Gözübüyük Büyükaşık Büyükbayraktar Büyükkaya Büyükberber Büyükak Büyüküstün
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Büyükburç same root – –
02 Gözübüyük same root – –
03 Büyükaşık same root – –
04 Büyükbayraktar same root – –
05 Büyükkaya same root – –
06 Büyükberber same root – –
07 Büyükak same root – –
08 Büyüküstün same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Büyük most common?

Büyük is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 21st in Rize.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 21 · 1,469 people Sakarya Samsun Siirt 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
Büyük: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Rize211,469

Who are some well-known people named Büyük?

  1. Adem Büyük association football player 1987–
  2. Musa Büyük association football player 1980–
  3. Mustafa Büyük politician 1957–
  4. Alime Büyük researcher
  5. Başak Büyük researcher
  6. Cansu Büyük researcher
  7. Ecrin Efsa Büyük chess player 2007–
  8. Eymen Eren Büyük chess player 2011–

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

How is Büyük written and pronounced abroad?

English-language records usually print Büyük as Buyuk, dropping the diacritics.

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: büyük accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Büyük 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 Büyük

Q1

What does the surname Büyük mean?

Büyük describes what is large in size or volume; the same word also means “older” and “eminent, great”. As a surname it may evoke a big-built person just as well as the elder of a household.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Büyük?

The root word of Büyük is büyük (Turkic): “large; older; important, great”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Büyük?

Bü·yük, 2 syllables; IPA: /byˈjyk/.