Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Yılmazkaya

Yılmazkaya /jɯɫmazkaˈja/ ASCII Yilmazkaya

“undaunted rock”1

Letters / syllables
10 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Y
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 Yılmazkaya?

Yılmazkaya

IPA /jɯɫmazkaˈja/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Yılmazkaya mean?

Yılmazkaya is built from yılmaz, “undaunted”, and kaya, “rock”: “the unshakeable rock”. Yılmaz is the negative aorist of yılmak, “to be daunted”. The compound joins the firmness of rock with the image of fearlessness.1,2

Grammar yıl- + -maz (negative aorist) + kaya.

That Yılmazkaya goes back to yılmak and kaya is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Yılmazkaya made of?

Yılmazkaya breaks into 2 parts: yılmaz (undaunted) + kaya (rock).

Yılmazkaya ++ root yılmaz undaunted TURKIC yılmak “to be daunted” suffix kaya rock TURKIC kaya “rock” Yılmazkaya yılmaz root undaunted yılmak TURKIC “to be daunted” kaya suffix rock kaya TURKIC “rock”
Yılmazkaya: parts and root words
  • yılmak Turkic — to be daunted1
  • kaya Turkic — rock2

How was the name Yılmazkaya formed?

Yılmazkaya belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (yılmaz + kaya).

Which surnames are related to Yılmazkaya?

Yılmazkaya Yılmaz Kaya Akkaya Çetinkaya Karakaya Sarıkaya Özkaya Yalçınkaya Yılmazer Eryılmaz Türkyılmaz Kayalı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Yılmaz same root 1 1,177,896
02 Kaya same root 2 899,722
03 Akkaya same root – –
04 Çetinkaya same root – –
05 Karakaya same root – –
06 Sarıkaya same root – –
07 Özkaya same root – –
08 Yalçınkaya same root – –
09 Yılmazer same root – –
10 Eryılmaz same root – –
11 Türkyılmaz same root – –
12 Kayalı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Yılmazkaya?

  1. Orhan Yılmazkaya writer 1970–2009
  2. Meltem Yılmazkaya actor 1984–
  3. Ahmet Yılmazkaya statesperson 1946–
  4. Bayram Yılmazkaya politician 1968–

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

How is Yılmazkaya written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Yilmazkaya.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: yılmak accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kaya accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) 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 Yılmazkaya

Q1

What does the surname Yılmazkaya mean?

Yılmazkaya is built from yılmaz, “undaunted”, and kaya, “rock”: “the unshakeable rock”. Yılmaz is the negative aorist of yılmak, “to be daunted”. The compound joins the firmness of rock with the image of fearlessness.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Yılmazkaya?

The root word of Yılmazkaya is yılmak (Turkic): “to be daunted”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Yılmazkaya?

Yıl·maz·ka·ya, 4 syllables; IPA: /jɯɫmazkaˈja/.