Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Köybaşı

Köybaşı /køjbaˈʃɯ/ ASCII Koybasi

“head of the village”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Köybaşı?

Köybaşı

IPA /køjbaˈʃɯ/

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

What does the surname Köybaşı mean?

Köybaşı combines köy ‘village’ with başı, the possessive form of baş ‘head’: ‘the head of the village’. It is a place expression for the entrance or upper end of a village; there is also a village of this name in the Göynük district of Bolu.1,2,4

Grammar köy + baş-ı: indefinite noun compound with the possessive.

That Köybaşı goes back to köy and baş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Köybaşı made of?

Köybaşı combines Persian and Turkic elements in 2 parts: köy (village) + başı (possessive of baş: head, top, end).

Köybaşı +++ root köy village PERSIAN köy “village” suffix başı possessive of baş: head,top, end TURKIC baş “head; beginning, top” TURKIC Köybaşı “village in the Göynükdistrict of Bolu” Köybaşı köy root village köy PERSIAN “village” başı suffix possessive of baş: head, top, end baş TURKIC “head; beginning, top” Köybaşı TURKIC “village in the Göynük districtof Bolu”
Köybaşı: parts and root words
  • köy Persian — village1
  • baş Turkic — head; beginning, top4
  • Köybaşı Turkic — village in the Göynük district of Bolu2

How was the name Köybaşı formed?

Köybaşı was formed by adding the suffix başı (“possessive of baş: head, top, end”) to köy (“village”).

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

Which surnames are related to Köybaşı?

Köybaşı Akbaş Baş Subaşı Başer Kocabaş Erbaş Baştürk Demirbaş Başkan Başoğlu Yüzbaşıoğlu Köymen
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akbaş same root – –
02 Baş same root – –
03 Subaşı same root – –
04 Başer same root – –
05 Kocabaş same root – –
06 Erbaş same root – –
07 Baştürk same root – –
08 Demirbaş same root – –
09 Başkan same root – –
10 Başoğlu same root – –
11 Yüzbaşıoğlu same root – –
12 Köymen same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Köybaşı?

  1. İsmail Köybaşı association football player 1989–
  2. Rıtvan Köybaşı politician 1965–
  3. Edanur Köybaşı badminton player 1999–

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

How is Köybaşı written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records the name usually appears as Koybasi, in German ones as Köybasi.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: köy accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Köybaşı accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: köy accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: baş accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Köybaşı 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

Common questions about Köybaşı

Q1

What does the surname Köybaşı mean?

Köybaşı combines köy ‘village’ with başı, the possessive form of baş ‘head’: ‘the head of the village’. It is a place expression for the entrance or upper end of a village; there is also a village of this name in the Göynük district of Bolu.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Köybaşı?

Köybaşı is made up of two elements: köy “village” (Persian) and baş “head; beginning, top” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Köybaşı?

Köy·ba·şı, 3 syllables; IPA: /køjbaˈʃɯ/.