Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Petekkaya

Petekkaya /peteckaˈja/

“honeycombed rock (village)”1

Letters / syllables
9 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
P
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Petekkaya?

Petekkaya

IPA /peteckaˈja/

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

What does the surname Petekkaya mean?

A place name built from petek ‘honeycomb’ and kaya ‘rock’, read as ‘honeycombed rock’. Villages called Petekkaya lie in Bayburt Province and in the Çermik district of Diyarbakır. According to Nişanyan, petek rests on Middle Persian petāk ‘basket’ and is cognate with Armenian petag ‘beehive’; kaya is Turkish.1

Grammar petek + kaya.

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

What is Petekkaya made of?

Petekkaya combines Persian and Turkic elements in 2 parts: petek (petek: honeycomb) + kaya (kaya: rock).

Petekkaya + root petek petek: honeycomb PERSIAN petek “beehive, honeycomb” root kaya kaya: rock TURKIC kaya “rock” Petekkaya petek root petek: honeycomb petek PERSIAN “beehive, honeycomb” kaya root kaya: rock kaya TURKIC “rock”
Petekkaya: parts and root words
  • petek Persian — beehive, honeycomb1
  • kaya Turkic — rock1

How was the name Petekkaya formed?

Petekkaya was formed by joining petek (“petek: honeycomb”) and kaya (“kaya: rock”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Petekkaya?

Petekkaya Kaya Akkaya Çetinkaya Karakaya Sarıkaya Özkaya Yalçınkaya Kayalı Kızılkaya 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 Kızılkaya same root – –
10 Şahinkaya same root – –
11 Yerlikaya same root – –
12 Kayacan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Petekkaya?

  1. Erkan Petekkaya actor 1970–
  2. Emine Petekkaya researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: petek accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Petekkaya accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Petekkaya

Q1

What does the surname Petekkaya mean?

A place name built from petek ‘honeycomb’ and kaya ‘rock’, read as ‘honeycombed rock’. Villages called Petekkaya lie in Bayburt Province and in the Çermik district of Diyarbakır. According to Nişanyan, petek rests on Middle Persian petāk ‘basket’ and is cognate with Armenian petag ‘beehive’; kaya is Turkish.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Petekkaya?

Petekkaya is made up of two elements: petek “beehive, honeycomb” (Persian) and kaya “rock” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Petekkaya?

Pe·tek·ka·ya, 4 syllables; IPA: /peteckaˈja/.