Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ulutaş

Ulutaş /uɫuˈtaʃ/ ASCII Ulutas

“great stone, mighty rock”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
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Initial
U
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 Ulutaş?

Ulutaş

IPA /uɫuˈtaʃ/

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

What does the surname Ulutaş mean?

Ulutaş is made of ulu “great, lofty” and taş “stone”: “great stone, mighty rock”. Ulu comes from Old Turkic uluğ and expresses both size and dignity, while taş symbolises firmness. The name carries the image of a lofty, unshakeable rock.1,2

Grammar ulu + taş (adjective + noun)

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

What is Ulutaş made of?

Ulutaş breaks into 2 parts: ulu (great, lofty) + taş (stone).

Ulutaş + root ulu great, lofty TURKIC ulu “great, lofty;Proto-Turkic *ulug” root taş stone TURKIC taş “stone” Ulutaş ulu root great, lofty ulu TURKIC “great, lofty; Proto-Turkic *ulug” taş root stone taş TURKIC “stone”
Ulutaş: parts and root words
  • ulu Turkic — great, lofty; Proto-Turkic *ulug1
  • taş Turkic — stone2

How was the name Ulutaş formed?

Ulutaş belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (ulu + taş).

Which surnames are related to Ulutaş?

Ulutaş Aktaş Karataş Taş Altıntaş Demirtaş Ulusoy Taşdemir Taşçı Ertaş Uludağ Göktaş Taşkıran
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 Taş same root – –
04 Altıntaş same root – –
05 Demirtaş same root – –
06 Ulusoy same root – –
07 Taşdemir same root – –
08 Taşçı same root – –
09 Ertaş same root – –
10 Uludağ same root – –
11 Göktaş same root – –
12 Taşkıran same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Ulutaş?

  1. Mert Ulutaş basketball player 1997–
  2. Batuhan Nihat Ulutaş association football player 2002–
  3. Bülent Ulutaş researcher
  4. Firdevs Ulutaş researcher
  5. Güzin Ulutaş researcher
  6. Kadir Ulutaş researcher
  7. Mustafa Ulutas researcher
  8. Mustafa Ulutaş researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ulu accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: taş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Ulutaş 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ulutaş

Q1

What does the surname Ulutaş mean?

Ulutaş is made of ulu “great, lofty” and taş “stone”: “great stone, mighty rock”. Ulu comes from Old Turkic uluğ and expresses both size and dignity, while taş symbolises firmness. The name carries the image of a lofty, unshakeable rock.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ulutaş?

The root word of Ulutaş is ulu (Turkic): “great, lofty; Proto-Turkic *ulug”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ulutaş?

U·lu·taş, 3 syllables; IPA: /uɫuˈtaʃ/.