Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Taş

/taʃ/ ASCII Tas

“stone”2

Province lists
171
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
3 / 1
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§13
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Provinces
  8. §8Notable people
  9. §9As a first name
  10. §10Abroad
  11. §11Sources
  12. §12Questions
  13. §13Related

How do you pronounce Taş?

Taş

IPA /taʃ/

What does the surname Taş mean?

Taş is stone, the hard matter of the earth’s crust and the pieces broken from it; the word goes back to Proto-Turkic *tāĺ. It carries an image of firmness and permanence, as in taş gibi, “solid as a rock”. It is also recorded as a male given name and is the second element of many surnames such as Karataş and Aktaş.2

Taş is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Taş made of?

Taş is a single Turkic root: taş (stone).

Taş root taş stone TURKIC taş “stone, rock” Taş taş root stone taş TURKIC “stone, rock”
Taş: parts and root words
  • taş Turkic — stone, rock2

How was the name Taş formed?

Taş is the word taş (“stone”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Taş?

Taş Aktaş Karataş Altıntaş Demirtaş Taşdemir Taşçı Ertaş Göktaş Taşkıran Taştan Altuntaş Öztaş
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 Altıntaş same root – –
04 Demirtaş same root – –
05 Taşdemir same root – –
06 Taşçı same root – –
07 Ertaş same root – –
08 Göktaş same root – –
09 Taşkıran same root – –
10 Taştan same root – –
11 Altuntaş same root – –
12 Öztaş same root – –

How else is Taş spelled?

Daşspelling

Where in Türkiye is Taş most common?

Taş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 17 provinces; its best rank is 7th in Hakkari.1

Adana · rank 22 · 6,779 people Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl · rank 29 · 738 people Bitlis · rank 11 · 1,918 people Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır · rank 19 · 8,272 people Edirne Elazığ · rank 21 · 2,602 people Erzincan · rank 29 · 714 people Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep · rank 28 · 7,472 people Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari · rank 7 · 2,796 people Hatay Isparta Mersin · rank 18 · 7,750 people Istanbul Izmir Kars · rank 23 · 1,109 people Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş · rank 23 · 3,913 people Mardin · rank 23 · 3,477 people Muğla Muş · rank 15 · 2,704 people Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt · rank 26 · 1,323 people Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa · rank 15 · 11,901 people Uşak Van · rank 12 · 5,110 people Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman · rank 9 · 4,829 people Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 17
  • Not listed
Taş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Şanlıurfa1511,901
02Diyarbakır198,272
03Mersin187,750
04Gaziantep287,472
05Adana226,779
06Van125,110

Who are some well-known people named Taş?

  1. Coşkun Taş association football player 1934–2024
  2. Erol Taş actor 1926–1998
  3. Mehmet Taş association football player 1991–
  4. Yakup Taş politician 1959–2023
  5. Atilla Taş actor 1975–
  6. Nizamettin Taş politician 1961–
  7. Hakan Taş politician 1966–
  8. Aysel Taş athletics competitor 1964–

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

Is Taş also a first name?

Yes. Taş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “stone”.

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

How is Taş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Taş is usually written Tas.

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 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: taş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: taş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) 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 9 November 2026

Common questions about Taş

Q1

What does the surname Taş mean?

Taş is stone, the hard matter of the earth’s crust and the pieces broken from it; the word goes back to Proto-Turkic *tāĺ. It carries an image of firmness and permanence, as in taş gibi, “solid as a rock”. It is also recorded as a male given name and is the second element of many surnames such as Karataş and Aktaş.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Taş?

The root word of Taş is taş (Turkic): “stone, rock”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Taş?

Taş, 1 syllable; IPA: /taʃ/.