Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kayapınar

Kayapınar /kajapɯˈnaɾ/ ASCII Kayapinar

“rock spring”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
K
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 Kayapınar?

Kayapınar

IPA /kajapɯˈnaɾ/

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

What does the surname Kayapınar mean?

A compound meaning ‘spring from the rock’. Pınar goes back to the Oghuz word bıŋar ‘spring, fountain’. Kayapınar is the name of a district of Diyarbakır and of many villages.1

Grammar kaya + pınar.

That Kayapınar goes back to kaya and pınar is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Kayapınar made of?

Kayapınar breaks into 2 parts: kaya (kaya: rock) + pınar (pınar: spring).

Kayapınar + root kaya kaya: rock TURKIC kaya “rock” root pınar pınar: spring TURKIC pınar “spring, fountain” Kayapınar kaya root kaya: rock kaya TURKIC “rock” pınar root pınar: spring pınar TURKIC “spring, fountain”
Kayapınar: parts and root words
  • kaya Turkic — rock1
  • pınar Turkic — spring, fountain1

How was the name Kayapınar formed?

Kayapınar belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kaya + pınar).

Which surnames are related to Kayapınar?

Kayapınar Kaya Akkaya Akpınar Çetinkaya Karakaya Sarıkaya Özkaya Yalçınkaya Pınar Kayalı Gürpınar Kızılkaya
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 Akpınar same root – –
04 Çetinkaya same root – –
05 Karakaya same root – –
06 Sarıkaya same root – –
07 Özkaya same root – –
08 Yalçınkaya same root – –
09 Pınar same root – –
10 Kayalı same root – –
11 Gürpınar same root – –
12 Kızılkaya same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kayapınar?

  1. Abdullah Kayapınar powerlifter 1992–
  2. Hamdi Kayapınar serial killer 1979–
  3. Osman Kayapınar researcher

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

How is Kayapınar written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Kayapinar.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: pınar accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Kayapınar accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Kayapınar 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kayapınar

Q1

What does the surname Kayapınar mean?

A compound meaning ‘spring from the rock’. Pınar goes back to the Oghuz word bıŋar ‘spring, fountain’. Kayapınar is the name of a district of Diyarbakır and of many villages.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kayapınar?

The root word of Kayapınar is kaya (Turkic): “rock”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kayapınar?

Ka·ya·pı·nar, 4 syllables; IPA: /kajapɯˈnaɾ/.