Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kızıltaş

Kızıltaş /kɯzɯɫˈtaʃ/ ASCII Kiziltas

“red stone”2

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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Kızıltaş?

Kızıltaş

IPA /kɯzɯɫˈtaʃ/

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

What does the surname Kızıltaş mean?

From kızıl “bright red” and taş “stone”: “red stone”, calling to mind reddish, iron-rich rock. Villages and neighbourhoods in Giresun, Sivas and Van bear this name.2,3

Grammar Adjective kızıl + noun taş.

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

What is Kızıltaş made of?

Kızıltaş breaks into 2 parts: kızıl (kızıl: bright red) + taş (taş: stone).

Kızıltaş ++ first element kızıl kızıl: bright red TURKIC kızıl “bright red” suffix taş taş: stone TURKIC taş “stone; made of stone” Kızıltaş kızıl first element kızıl: bright red kızıl TURKIC “bright red” taş suffix taş: stone taş TURKIC “stone; made of stone”
Kızıltaş: parts and root words
  • kızıl Turkic — bright red2
  • taş Turkic — stone; made of stone3

How was the name Kızıltaş formed?

Kızıltaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (kızıl + taş).

Which surnames are related to Kızıltaş?

Kızıltaş Aktaş Karataş Taş Altıntaş Demirtaş Taşdemir Taşçı Ertaş Göktaş Taşkıran Taştan Altuntaş
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 Ertaş same root – –
09 Göktaş same root – –
10 Taşkıran same root – –
11 Taştan same root – –
12 Altuntaş same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Kızıltaş most common?

Kızıltaş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 16th in Iğdır.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 Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır · rank 16 · 921 people Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Kızıltaş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Iğdır16921

Who are some well-known people named Kızıltaş?

  1. Cemal Kızıltaş association football player 1994–
  2. Alper Kızıltaş researcher
  3. Onur Kızıltaş association football player
  4. Taha Kızıltaş association football player
  5. Şafak Kızıltaş researcher

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

How is Kızıltaş written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Kiziltas in English and German records.

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 Vikisözlük: kızıl accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: taş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Kızıltaş 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

Common questions about Kızıltaş

Q1

What does the surname Kızıltaş mean?

From kızıl “bright red” and taş “stone”: “red stone”, calling to mind reddish, iron-rich rock. Villages and neighbourhoods in Giresun, Sivas and Van bear this name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kızıltaş?

The root word of Kızıltaş is kızıl (Turkic): “bright red”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kızıltaş?

Kı·zıl·taş, 3 syllables; IPA: /kɯzɯɫˈtaʃ/.