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Taşkan

Taşkan /taʃˈkan/ ASCII Taskan

“of stone-hard stock”2

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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 Taşkan?

Taşkan

IPA /taʃˈkan/

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

What does the surname Taşkan mean?

Taşkan is a male given name built from taş ‘stone’ and kan ‘blood, lineage’, commonly read as ‘of stone-hard stock, tough’. According to Nişanyan Adlar it was rare before 1935 and became popular afterwards. In some names kan is also connected with han ‘khan’.2,3

Grammar taş + kan: noun–noun compound.

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

What is Taşkan made of?

Taşkan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: taş (stone) + kan (blood, lineage; in some names ‘khan’).

Taşkan ++ root taş stone TURKIC taş “stone” suffix kan blood, lineage; in somenames ‘khan’ TURKIC kan “blood; lineage” Taşkan taş root stone taş TURKIC “stone” kan suffix blood, lineage; in some names ‘khan’ kan TURKIC “blood; lineage”
Taşkan: parts and root words
  • taş Turkic — stone2
  • kan Turkic — blood; lineage3

How was the name Taşkan formed?

Taşkan was formed by adding the suffix kan (“blood, lineage; in some names ‘khan’”) to taş (“stone”).

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

Which surnames are related to Taşkan?

Taşkan Özkan Aktaş Karataş Alkan Taş Arıkan Altıntaş Demirtaş Gürkan Kandemir Taşdemir Taşçı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Özkan same root 22 245,254
02 Aktaş same root 30 222,711
03 Karataş same root – –
04 Alkan same root – –
05 Taş same root – –
06 Arıkan same root – –
07 Altıntaş same root – –
08 Demirtaş same root – –
09 Gürkan same root – –
10 Kandemir same root – –
11 Taşdemir same root – –
12 Taşçı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Taşkan?

  1. İdris Nebi Taşkan actor 1993–
  2. Şebnem Taşkan association football player 1994–
  3. Cenk Taşkan composer 1947–
  4. Banu Taşkan researcher
  5. Mehmet Murat Taşkan researcher
  6. Muammer Denizhan Taşkan association football player 2000–
  7. Uday Taşkan musician 1998–

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

How is Taşkan written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Taskan.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Taşkan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: taş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kan accessed 9 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Taşkan

Q1

What does the surname Taşkan mean?

Taşkan is a male given name built from taş ‘stone’ and kan ‘blood, lineage’, commonly read as ‘of stone-hard stock, tough’. According to Nişanyan Adlar it was rare before 1935 and became popular afterwards. In some names kan is also connected with han ‘khan’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Taşkan?

Taşkan is made up of two elements: taş “stone” (Turkic) and kan “blood; lineage” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Taşkan?

Taş·kan, 2 syllables; IPA: /taʃˈkan/.