Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 58

Ağca

Ağca /aːˈdʒa/ ASCII Agca

“whitish, pale”2

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
A
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Ağca?

Ağca

IPA /aːˈdʒa/

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

What does the surname Ağca mean?

Ağca is a spelling of akça ‘whitish, pale’ that reflects the softened pronunciation of the k. In Anatolian dialects ağca is also recorded for a white kilim. It is formed from ak ‘white’ with the suffix -ca ‘-ish’.2,3

Grammar ak + -ca, with the k softened to ğ in speech (akça > ağca).

That Ağca goes back to akça and ağca is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Ağca made of?

Ağca breaks into 2 parts: ak (white) + -ca (diminutive or ‘-ish’ suffix (dialect -ğca)).

Ağca ++ root ak white TURKIC akça “whitish; old silver coin” suffix -ca diminutive or ‘-ish’suffix (dialect -ğca) TURKIC ağca “white kilim (dialect)” Ağca ak root white akça TURKIC “whitish; old silver coin” -ca suffix diminutive or ‘-ish’ suffix (dialect-ğca) ağca TURKIC “white kilim (dialect)”
Ağca: parts and root words
  • akça Turkic — whitish; old silver coin2
  • ağca Turkic — white kilim (dialect)3

How was the name Ağca formed?

Ağca belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (ak + -ca).

Which surnames are related to Ağca?

Ağca Akçalı Akçakaya Akçaoğlu Akçatepe
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akçalı same root – –
02 Akçakaya same root – –
03 Akçaoğlu same root – –
04 Akçatepe same root – –

How else is Ağca spelled?

Akçaspelling

Who are some well-known people named Ağca?

  1. Mehmet Ali Ağca murderer 1958–
  2. Elif Ağca volleyball player 1984–
  3. Caner Ağca association football player 1984–
  4. Ertuğrul Ağca amateur wrestler 2000–
  5. Alper Ağca researcher
  6. Ayşe Özge Ağça researcher
  7. Can Ağca researcher
  8. Cavit Ağca researcher

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

How is Ağca written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Agca in passports and registers that lack Turkish letters.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ağca accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: akça accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Ağca 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ağca

Q1

What does the surname Ağca mean?

Ağca is a spelling of akça ‘whitish, pale’ that reflects the softened pronunciation of the k. In Anatolian dialects ağca is also recorded for a white kilim. It is formed from ak ‘white’ with the suffix -ca ‘-ish’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ağca?

The root word of Ağca is akça (Turkic): “whitish; old silver coin”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ağca?

Ağ·ca, 2 syllables; IPA: /aːˈdʒa/.