Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ustabaş

Ustabaş /ustaˈbaʃ/ ASCII Ustabas

“foreman, master craftsman”3

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Ustabaş?

Ustabaş

IPA /ustaˈbaʃ/

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

What does the surname Ustabaş mean?

Formed from usta “master craftsman” and baş “head”: “head of the masters”, the foreman who directs the work in a workshop or on a building site. It is the suffixless form of the still current word ustabaşı.2,3

Grammar usta + baş; ustabaşı without its possessive suffix.

That Ustabaş goes back to usta and baş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Ustabaş made of?

Ustabaş combines Persian and Turkic elements in 2 parts: usta (usta: master craftsman) + baş (baş: head, chief).

Ustabaş ++ root usta usta: master craftsman PERSIAN usta “master of a craft; titleof craftsmen (Persian…” suffix baş baş: head, chief TURKIC baş “head of a group” Ustabaş usta root usta: master craftsman usta PERSIAN “master of a craft; title ofcraftsmen (Persian ustād)” baş suffix baş: head, chief baş TURKIC “head of a group”
Ustabaş: parts and root words
  • usta Persian — master of a craft; title of craftsmen (Persian ustād)3
  • baş Turkic — head of a group2

How was the name Ustabaş formed?

Ustabaş was formed by adding the suffix baş (“baş: head, chief”) to usta (“usta: master craftsman”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Ustabaş?

Ustabaş Akbaş Baş Subaşı Usta Başer Kocabaş Erbaş Baştürk Demirbaş Başkan Başoğlu Yüzbaşıoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akbaş same root – –
02 Baş same root – –
03 Subaşı same root – –
04 Usta same root – –
05 Başer same root – –
06 Kocabaş same root – –
07 Erbaş same root – –
08 Baştürk same root – –
09 Demirbaş same root – –
10 Başkan same root – –
11 Başoğlu same root – –
12 Yüzbaşıoğlu same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Ustabaş most common?

Ustabaş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 11th in Artvin.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 11 · 1,180 people 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 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
Ustabaş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Artvin111,180

Who are some well-known people named Ustabaş?

  1. Turan Ustabaş singer 1988–

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

How is Ustabaş written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Ustabas in English and German records.

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: baş accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: usta accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: baş accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ustabaş

Q1

What does the surname Ustabaş mean?

Formed from usta “master craftsman” and baş “head”: “head of the masters”, the foreman who directs the work in a workshop or on a building site. It is the suffixless form of the still current word ustabaşı.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ustabaş?

Ustabaş is made up of two elements: usta “master of a craft; title of craftsmen (Persian ustād)” (Persian) and baş “head of a group” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Ustabaş?

Us·ta·baş, 3 syllables; IPA: /ustaˈbaʃ/.