Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Saka

Saka /saˈka/

“water carrier; goldfinch”2

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

How do you pronounce Saka?

Saka

IPA /saˈka/

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

What does the surname Saka mean?

Saka, a word of Arabic origin, names the water carrier who brought water from the public fountain to houses, a familiar trade in Ottoman towns. The same form also denotes a songbird, the goldfinch (saka kuşu), so an individual family name may go back to either word.2

That Saka goes back to saka and saka kuşu is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

Saka is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Saka made of?

Saka is a single root: saka (saka: water carrier).

Saka + root saka saka: water carrier ARABIC saka “person who carries waterfrom the fountain to…” TURKIC saka kuşu “goldfinch” Saka saka root saka: water carrier saka ARABIC “person who carries water fromthe fountain to houses” saka kuşu TURKIC “goldfinch”
Saka: parts and root words
  • saka Arabic — person who carries water from the fountain to houses2
  • saka kuşu Turkic — goldfinch2

How was the name Saka formed?

Saka belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Where in Türkiye is Saka most common?

Saka is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 5th 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 5 · 731 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
Saka: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Bayburt5731

Who are some well-known people named Saka?

  1. Hasan Saka politician 1885–1960
  2. Berke Saka swimmer 2003–
  3. Gizem Saka university teacher 1978–
  4. Fuat Saka singer 1952–
  5. Pınar Saka athletics competitor 1985–
  6. Orhan Saka association football player 1949–2013
  7. Birsen Saka researcher
  8. Birtan Saka basketball player

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

Is Saka also a first name?

Yes. Saka is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “water carrier; goldfinch”.

Saka as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

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: saka 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Saka

Q1

What does the surname Saka mean?

Saka, a word of Arabic origin, names the water carrier who brought water from the public fountain to houses, a familiar trade in Ottoman towns. The same form also denotes a songbird, the goldfinch (saka kuşu), so an individual family name may go back to either word.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Saka?

The root word of Saka is saka (Arabic): “person who carries water from the fountain to houses”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Saka?

Sa·ka, 2 syllables; IPA: /saˈka/.