Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Demirbaş

Demirbaş /demiɾˈbaʃ/ ASCII Demirbas

“fixture; permanent figure”3

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
D
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 Demirbaş?

Demirbaş

IPA /demiɾˈbaʃ/

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

What does the surname Demirbaş mean?

Demirbaş is a durable item registered to an institution and handed from one official to the next, an inventory fixture; figuratively it is said of someone who never leaves a place and has become its “fixture”. The word fossilised from demir ‘iron’ and baş ‘head’. King Charles XII of Sweden, who stayed for years on Ottoman soil, was for this reason called “Demirbaş Şarl”.1,3

Grammar demir + baş: a compound listed as one dictionary word.

Demirbaş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Demirbaş made of?

Demirbaş is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: demir (iron) + baş (head).

Demirbaş + root demir iron TURKIC demirbaş “fixture, inventory item;permanent fixture” root baş head TURKIC demir “iron” Demirbaş demir root iron demirbaş TURKIC “fixture, inventory item;permanent fixture” baş root head demir TURKIC “iron”
Demirbaş: parts and root words
  • demirbaş Turkic — fixture, inventory item; permanent fixture3
  • demir Turkic — iron1

How was the name Demirbaş formed?

Demirbaş was formed by joining demir (“iron”) and baş (“head”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Demirbaş?

Demirbaş Demir Özdemir Demirci Demirel Aydemir Akbaş Demirtaş Baş Kandemir Akdemir Subaşı Taşdemir
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Demir same root 3 876,934
02 Özdemir same root 10 556,378
03 Demirci same root – –
04 Demirel same root – –
05 Aydemir same root – –
06 Akbaş same root – –
07 Demirtaş same root – –
08 Baş same root – –
09 Kandemir same root – –
10 Akdemir same root – –
11 Subaşı same root – –
12 Taşdemir same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Demirbaş?

  1. Hayrettin Demirbaş association football player 1963–
  2. Taner Demirbaş association football player 1978–
  3. Abdullah Demirbaş human rights defender 1966–
  4. Ekrem Demirbaş artisan 1962–
  5. Ahmet Demirbaş researcher 2000–
  6. Ahmet E. Demirbaş researcher
  7. Ayşe Demirbaş researcher
  8. Hayri Demirbaş researcher

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

How is Demirbaş written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Demirbas in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: demir accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikipedi: XII. Karl accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Demirbaş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: demirbaş accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: demir accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Demirbaş

Q1

What does the surname Demirbaş mean?

Demirbaş is a durable item registered to an institution and handed from one official to the next, an inventory fixture; figuratively it is said of someone who never leaves a place and has become its “fixture”. The word fossilised from demir ‘iron’ and baş ‘head’. King Charles XII of Sweden, who stayed for years on Ottoman soil, was for this reason called “Demirbaş Şarl”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Demirbaş?

The root word of Demirbaş is demir (Turkic): “iron”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Demirbaş?

De·mir·baş, 3 syllables; IPA: /demiɾˈbaʃ/.