Başkaya

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Önemli, saygın kimse

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Başkaya is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 6.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 45K
  • DKDenmark1 in 130K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈12,000 people, est.

Sources
49 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Baskaya in DE Germany, FR France.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Turkish

Önemli, saygın kimse.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Başkaya counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Başkaya is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#767≈12,000 est.≈1 in 6.9K—Başkaya49
DE Germany—≈190 est.≈1 in 419K—Baskaya43
DK Denmark—451 in 130K45——
FR France—≈37 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Baskaya45
CY Cyprus—≈28 est.≈1 in 45K—Başkaya4
EE Estonia—≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Başkaya is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Baskaya

  • Korean surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Baskaya

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Baskaya, Baṣkaya

  • Urdu surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Languages: Urdu, Hindi

    Also written Baskaya

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Baskaya, Bãskãyã

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Baskaya

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Baskaya

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Yusuf Başkaya, b. 1879Fikret Başkaya, b. 1940Özlem Başkaya, b. 1975Gizem Baskaya, b. 1991Burak Başkaya, b. 2001Meryem Baskaya, b. 2005

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Başkaya mean?
Recorded meaning: Önemli, saygın kimse.
In which country does Başkaya have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Başkaya in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled başkaya.
How common is the name Başkaya?
In Denmark, the national register counted 45 people named Başkaya, about 1 in 130 thousand residents.
How common is Başkaya compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Başkaya is the 767th most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Başkaya” — the 767th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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