Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kızılkaya

Kızılkaya /kɯzɯɫkaˈja/ ASCII Kizilkaya

“red rock”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 Kızılkaya?

Kızılkaya

IPA /kɯzɯɫkaˈja/

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

What does the surname Kızılkaya mean?

Kızıl ‘red’ joins kaya ‘rock’: ‘red rock’, a crag coloured red by iron-rich earth or by the sun. Many villages in Adıyaman, Ağrı and other provinces are called Kızılkaya, and the surname may reflect one of them.1,2

Grammar Adjective-plus-noun compound: kızıl + kaya.

That Kızılkaya goes back to kızıl and kaya is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kızılkaya made of?

Kızılkaya is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kızıl (red) + kaya (rock).

Kızılkaya ++ first element kızıl red TURKIC kızıl “bright red” suffix kaya rock TURKIC kaya “rock” Kızılkaya kızıl first element red kızıl TURKIC “bright red” kaya suffix rock kaya TURKIC “rock”
Kızılkaya: parts and root words
  • kızıl Turkic — bright red1
  • kaya Turkic — rock2

How was the name Kızılkaya formed?

Kızılkaya was formed by adding the suffix kaya (“rock”) to kızıl (“red”).

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

Which surnames are related to Kızılkaya?

Kızılkaya Kaya Akkaya Çetinkaya Karakaya Sarıkaya Özkaya Yalçınkaya Kayalı Kızıl Şahinkaya Yerlikaya Kayacan
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 Çetinkaya same root – –
04 Karakaya same root – –
05 Sarıkaya same root – –
06 Özkaya same root – –
07 Yalçınkaya same root – –
08 Kayalı same root – –
09 Kızıl same root – –
10 Şahinkaya same root – –
11 Yerlikaya same root – –
12 Kayacan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kızılkaya?

  1. Veli Kızılkaya association football player 1985–
  2. Emre Kızılkaya journalist 1982–
  3. Zafer Kızılkaya researcher
  4. Cemil Kızılkaya artisan 1949–
  5. Muhsin Kızılkaya politician 1963–
  6. Efe Kızılkaya basketball player 1990–
  7. Fatih Kızılkaya association football player 2002–
  8. Mehmet Kızılkaya chess player 1982–

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

How is Kızılkaya written and pronounced abroad?

Records outside Türkiye that lack Turkish characters normally show it as Kizilkaya.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kızıl accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kaya accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kızıl accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kaya accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Kızılkaya 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 Kızılkaya

Q1

What does the surname Kızılkaya mean?

Kızıl ‘red’ joins kaya ‘rock’: ‘red rock’, a crag coloured red by iron-rich earth or by the sun. Many villages in Adıyaman, Ağrı and other provinces are called Kızılkaya, and the surname may reflect one of them.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kızılkaya?

Kızılkaya is made up of two elements: kızıl “bright red” (Turkic) and kaya “rock” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Kızılkaya?

Kı·zıl·ka·ya, 4 syllables; IPA: /kɯzɯɫkaˈja/.