Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 863

Büyükkaya

Büyükkaya /byjykkaˈja/ ASCII Buyukkaya

“big rock”1

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 Büyükkaya?

Büyükkaya

IPA /byjykkaˈja/

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

What does the surname Büyükkaya mean?

Büyükkaya combines büyük ‘big’ and kaya ‘rock’: ‘big rock’. Büyük comes from Old Turkic bedük, and kaya from Old Turkic kaya ‘steep bare mountain’.1,2

Grammar büyük + kaya.

That Büyükkaya goes back to büyük and kaya is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Büyükkaya made of?

Büyükkaya breaks into 2 parts: büyük (big, great) + kaya (rock).

Büyükkaya + root büyük big, great TURKIC büyük “big” root kaya rock TURKIC kaya “rock, crag” Büyükkaya büyük root big, great büyük TURKIC “big” kaya root rock kaya TURKIC “rock, crag”
Büyükkaya: parts and root words
  • büyük Turkic — big1
  • kaya Turkic — rock, crag2

How was the name Büyükkaya formed?

Büyükkaya belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (büyük + kaya).

Which surnames are related to Büyükkaya?

Büyükkaya Kaya Akkaya Çetinkaya Karakaya Sarıkaya Özkaya Yalçınkaya Kayalı Kızılkaya Şahinkaya Yerlikaya Büyük
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 Akkaya same root – –
03 Çetinkaya same root – –
04 Karakaya same root – –
05 Sarıkaya same root – –
06 Özkaya same root – –
07 Yalçınkaya same root – –
08 Kayalı same root – –
09 Kızılkaya same root – –
10 Şahinkaya same root – –
11 Yerlikaya same root – –
12 Büyük same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Büyükkaya?

  1. Alaattin Büyükkaya statesperson 1950–
  2. Burak Büyükkaya association football player 1998–

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

How is Büyükkaya written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Buyukkaya (in German records also Bueyuekkaya).

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: büyük accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: 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 Büyükkaya

Q1

What does the surname Büyükkaya mean?

Büyükkaya combines büyük ‘big’ and kaya ‘rock’: ‘big rock’. Büyük comes from Old Turkic bedük, and kaya from Old Turkic kaya ‘steep bare mountain’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Büyükkaya?

The root word of Büyükkaya is büyük (Turkic): “big”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Büyükkaya?

Bü·yük·ka·ya, 4 syllables; IPA: /byjykkaˈja/.