Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Usta

Usta /usˈta/

“master craftsman”2

Province lists
21
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. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Usta?

Usta

IPA /usˈta/

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

What does the surname Usta mean?

An usta is a master craftsman, someone who knows a trade thoroughly and trains apprentices; in the guild tradition it is the rank above apprentice and journeyman. The word comes from Persian ūstā, as does üstat, “master, maestro”. The surname comes from this craft title.2

Usta is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Usta made of?

Usta is a single Persian root: usta (master craftsman).

Usta root usta master craftsman PERSIAN ūstā “master” Usta usta root master craftsman ūstā PERSIAN “master”
Usta: parts and root words
  • ūstā Persian — master2

How was the name Usta formed?

Usta is the word usta (“master craftsman”), 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 Usta?

Usta Ustaoğlu Unustası Ustabaş Ustalar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Ustaoğlu same root – –
02 Unustası same root – –
03 Ustabaş same root – –
04 Ustalar same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Usta most common?

Usta is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 2 provinces; its best rank is 14th in Giresun.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 · rank 14 · 2,768 people 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 · rank 27 · 3,787 people Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 2
  • Not listed
Usta: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Trabzon273,787
02Giresun142,768

Who are some well-known people named Usta?

  1. Fuat Usta association football player 1972–
  2. Suat Usta association football player 1981–
  3. Cemil Usta association football player 1951–2003
  4. Mehmet Usta actor 1973–
  5. Sabahattin Usta association football player 1990–
  6. Muharrem Usta businessperson 1965–
  7. Leyla Şahin Usta politician 1973–
  8. Numan Usta politician 1885–1934

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

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 Wiktionary: ūstā accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: usta 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

Common questions about Usta

Q1

What does the surname Usta mean?

An usta is a master craftsman, someone who knows a trade thoroughly and trains apprentices; in the guild tradition it is the rank above apprentice and journeyman. The word comes from Persian ūstā, as does üstat, “master, maestro”. The surname comes from this craft title.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Usta?

The root word of Usta is ūstā (Persian): “master”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Usta?

Us·ta, 2 syllables; IPA: /usˈta/.