Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ertaş

Ertaş /eɾˈtaʃ/ ASCII Ertas

“hero firm as stone”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Ertaş?

Ertaş

IPA /eɾˈtaʃ/

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

What does the surname Ertaş mean?

Er, “brave man”, joins taş, “stone”: “a hero firm as stone”. Both elements convey strength and endurance in the Turkish naming tradition. It is recorded as a male given name, and a village in Kastamonu bears the name.2,3

Grammar Compound: er + taş.

That Ertaş goes back to er and taş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Ertaş made of?

Ertaş breaks into 2 parts: er (man, brave man) + taş (stone).

Ertaş + first element er man, brave man TURKIC er “man; hero” root taş stone TURKIC taş “stone” Ertaş er first element man, brave man er TURKIC “man; hero” taş root stone taş TURKIC “stone”
Ertaş: parts and root words
  • er Turkic — man; hero2
  • taş Turkic — stone3

How was the name Ertaş formed?

Ertaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (er + taş).

Which surnames are related to Ertaş?

Ertaş Aktaş Karataş Taş Altıntaş Demirtaş Taşdemir Taşçı Göktaş Taşkıran Taştan Altuntaş Öztaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Aktaş same root 30 222,711
02 Karataş same root – –
03 Taş same root – –
04 Altıntaş same root – –
05 Demirtaş same root – –
06 Taşdemir same root – –
07 Taşçı same root – –
08 Göktaş same root – –
09 Taşkıran same root – –
10 Taştan same root – –
11 Altuntaş same root – –
12 Öztaş same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Ertaş most common?

Ertaş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 15th in Nevşehir.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 · rank 15 · 1,397 people Niğde Ordu Rize 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
Ertaş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Nevşehir151,397

Who are some well-known people named Ertaş?

  1. Neşet Ertaş singer 1938–2012
  2. Deniz Ertaş association football player 2005–
  3. Muharrem Ertaş singer 1913–1984
  4. Orkun Kemal Ertaş basketball player 1999–
  5. Ömer Ertaş politician 1954–2013
  6. Ahmet Ertaş researcher
  7. Atila Ertaş university teacher 1944–
  8. Deren Ertaş historian

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

Is Ertaş also a first name?

Yes. Ertaş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “hero firm as stone”.

Ertaş as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Ertaş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Ertaş is usually written Ertas.

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 Wiktionary: er accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: taş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Ertaş accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ertaş

Q1

What does the surname Ertaş mean?

Er, “brave man”, joins taş, “stone”: “a hero firm as stone”. Both elements convey strength and endurance in the Turkish naming tradition. It is recorded as a male given name, and a village in Kastamonu bears the name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ertaş?

The root word of Ertaş is er (Turkic): “man; hero”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ertaş?

Er·taş, 2 syllables; IPA: /eɾˈtaʃ/.