Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Büyüktortop

Büyüktortop /byjyktoɾˈtop/ ASCII Buyuktortop

“big and round”1

Letters / syllables
11 / 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 Büyüktortop?

Büyüktortop

IPA /byjyktoɾˈtop/

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

What does the surname Büyüktortop mean?

Tortop means ‘perfectly round, ball-shaped’. With büyük ‘big’ in front, the name describes something ‘big and round’. The surname carries only this descriptive phrase.1,2

Grammar büyük + tortop.

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

What is Büyüktortop made of?

Büyüktortop is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: büyük (büyük: big) + tortop (tortop: perfectly round).

Büyüktortop + root büyük büyük: big TURKIC büyük “big, large” root tortop tortop: perfectly round TURKIC tortop “perfectly round,ball-shaped” Büyüktortop büyük root büyük: big büyük TURKIC “big, large” tortop root tortop: perfectly round tortop TURKIC “perfectly round, ball-shaped”
Büyüktortop: parts and root words
  • büyük Turkic — big, large1
  • tortop Turkic — perfectly round, ball-shaped2

How was the name Büyüktortop formed?

Büyüktortop was formed by joining büyük (“büyük: big”) and tortop (“tortop: perfectly round”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Büyüktortop?

Büyüktortop Büyük Büyükburç Gözübüyük Büyükaşık Büyükbayrak Büyükbayraktar Büyükkaya Başıbüyük Büyükberber Büyükdoğan Büyükgüngör Büyükağaç
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Büyük same root – –
02 Büyükburç same root – –
03 Gözübüyük same root – –
04 Büyükaşık same root – –
05 Büyükbayrak same root – –
06 Büyükbayraktar same root – –
07 Büyükkaya same root – –
08 Başıbüyük same root – –
09 Büyükberber same root – –
10 Büyükdoğan same root – –
11 Büyükgüngör same root – –
12 Büyükağaç same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Büyüktortop?

  1. Nesrin Büyüktortop Gökçınar university teacher

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

How is Büyüktortop written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Buyuktortop in English-language records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: büyük accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tortop accessed 9 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

Common questions about Büyüktortop

Q1

What does the surname Büyüktortop mean?

Tortop means ‘perfectly round, ball-shaped’. With büyük ‘big’ in front, the name describes something ‘big and round’. The surname carries only this descriptive phrase.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Büyüktortop?

Büyüktortop is made up of two elements: büyük “big, large” (Turkic) and tortop “perfectly round, ball-shaped” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Büyüktortop?

Bü·yük·tor·top, 4 syllables; IPA: /byjyktoɾˈtop/.