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This page lists entries 78–154 of 154 (Erikçi … Yörükoğlu), ordered by national rank and then alphabetically. The introduction and charts are on page 1.

All surnames in this category

#SurnameMeaningOriginLetters
78 Erikçi plum grower or seller Turkic 6
79 Erkoyuncu brave sheep breeder Turkic 9
80 Evin love; kernel, essence Kurdish 4
81 Göçer nomad Turkic 5
82 Göçeri nomadic, roving Turkic 6
83 Gönen Gönen (district name) Greek 5
84 Güder one who herds, tends Turkic 5
85 Gülcü rose grower or seller Persian 5
86 Harman threshing floor, harvest Persian 6
87 Harmancı thresher Persian 8
88 Havutçu maker of camel pack saddles Persian 7
89 İzci tracker; scout Turkic 4
90 Kabakçı squash grower, squash seller Turkic 7
91 Kabakçıoğlu son of the squash-seller Turkic 11
92 Karaavcı black hunter Turkic 8
93 Karakoyun black sheep Turkic 9
94 Kavakçı poplar grower Turkic 7
95 Kavuncu melon seller Turkic 7
96 Kaygın pregnant camel Turkic 6
97 Kendir hemp Turkic 6
98 Kendirci hemp grower Turkic 8
99 Kendirli place of hemp Turkic 8
100 Kepenek shepherd’s felt cloak Turkic 7
101 Keşir carrot Persian 5
102 Ketenci flax weaver, linen seller Arabic 7
103 Koçan corncob, stalk Other 5
104 Koçer nomad; or ram-like brave man Turkic 5
105 Kotan plough Armenian 5
106 Koyuncu sheep breeder, sheep dealer Turkic 7
107 Koyunoğlu son of the sheep Turkic 9
108 Kösem bellwether, lead ram Turkic 5
109 Köylü villager Turkic 5
110 Köylüoğlu son of the villager Turkic 9
111 Kuşçu bird keeper, fowler Turkic 5
112 Kuzucu lamb-herd Turkic 6
113 Mandacı water-buffalo herder Persian 7
114 Mısır Egypt; maize Arabic 5
115 Nalcı horseshoe maker Arabic 5
116 Nalçakan farrier Turkic 8
117 Orak sickle Turkic 4
118 Ölçek grain measure; scale Turkic 5
119 Özarıcı true beekeeper Turkic 7
120 Özbiçer true reaper Turkic 7
121 Özçoban true shepherd Persian 7
122 Öznal genuine + horseshoe Arabic 5
123 Pamukçu cotton grower or trader Persian 7
124 Pancaroğlu son of Pancar; pancar: beet Armenian 10
125 Reçber farmer, labourer Persian 6
126 Saban plough Turkic 5
127 Sabancı ploughman, plough-maker Turkic 7
128 Saman straw Turkic 5
129 Samancı straw seller Turkic 7
130 Sarban camel driver Persian 6
131 Savran camel herder, caravan leader Persian 6
132 Sekban dog keeper; Janissary soldier Persian 6
133 Sığırcı cattle keeper, cowherd Turkic 7
134 Soğancı onion grower or seller Turkic 7
135 Soğancıoğlu son of the onion seller Turkic 11
136 Sürücü driver; drover Turkic 6
137 Tarım agriculture, farming Turkic 5
138 Tarlabaşı head of the field; Istanbul quarter Turkic 9
139 Tarlacı field worker Turkic 7
140 Tavukçu poultry keeper, poulterer Turkic 7
141 Tınaz heap of threshed grain Turkic 5
142 Tırpan scythe Greek 6
143 Tırpancı mower with a scythe Greek 8
144 Topbaş round head; a tobacco variety Turkic 6
145 Toprakci one who works the soil Turkic 8
146 Tütüncü tobacco grower or seller Turkic 7
147 Ürün produce, harvest, yield Turkic 4
148 Üzüm grape Turkic 4
149 Üzümcü grape grower or seller Turkic 6
150 Yarıcı sharecropper Turkic 6
151 Yayla summer highland pasture Turkic 5
152 Yaylacı one who summers on the high pasture Turkic 7
153 Yörük name of nomadic herders Turkic 5
154 Yörükoğlu son of the Yörük nomad Turkic 9
The list grows as surnames are added to the dictionary.