Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kaymak

Kaymak /kajˈmak/

“clotted cream; the choicest part”2

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

How do you pronounce Kaymak?

Kaymak

IPA /kajˈmak/

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

What does the surname Kaymak mean?

Kaymak is the thick, rich layer that gathers on the surface of milk or yoghurt, clotted cream. Figuratively it means “the best, choicest part” of something, and the surname carries both the prized food and that sense of excellence.2

Kaymak is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kaymak made of?

Kaymak is a single Turkic root: kaymak (kaymak: clotted cream).

Kaymak root kaymak kaymak: clotted cream TURKIC kaymak “clotted cream;figuratively the…” Kaymak kaymak root kaymak: clotted cream kaymak TURKIC “clotted cream; figuratively thechoicest part”
Kaymak: parts and root words
  • kaymak Turkic — clotted cream; figuratively the choicest part2

How was the name Kaymak formed?

Kaymak is the word kaymak (“kaymak: clotted cream”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Kaymak?

Kaymak Kaymaz Kayar Kaymakçı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kaymaz same root – –
02 Kayar same root – –
03 Kaymakçı same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Kaymak most common?

Kaymak is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 26th in Bayburt.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 Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt · rank 26 · 352 people 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
Kaymak: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Bayburt26352

Who are some well-known people named Kaymak?

  1. Burhanettin Kaymak association football player 1973–
  2. Osman Kaymak statesperson 1965–
  3. Atakan Kaymak basketball official
  4. Ayhan Kaymak politician 2000–
  5. Muhammet Kaymak politician 1943–1998
  6. Mustafa Kaymak playwright 1984–
  7. Barış Kaymak researcher
  8. Burak Kaymak association football player 1990–

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

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 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kaymak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kaymak 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kaymak

Q1

What does the surname Kaymak mean?

Kaymak is the thick, rich layer that gathers on the surface of milk or yoghurt, clotted cream. Figuratively it means “the best, choicest part” of something, and the surname carries both the prized food and that sense of excellence.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kaymak?

The root word of Kaymak is kaymak (Turkic): “clotted cream; figuratively the choicest part”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kaymak?

Kay·mak, 2 syllables; IPA: /kajˈmak/.