Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 449

Avcı

Avcı /avˈdʒɯ/ ASCII Avci

“hunter”2

Province lists
141
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§13
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Spellings
  7. §7Provinces
  8. §8Notable people
  9. §9As a first name
  10. §10Abroad
  11. §11Sources
  12. §12Questions
  13. §13Related

How do you pronounce Avcı?

Avcı

IPA /avˈdʒɯ/

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

What does the surname Avcı mean?

Formed from av, “hunt, game”, with the occupational suffix -cı: “hunter”. The word reaches back to Proto-Turkic *ābčï. The surname reflects a livelihood from hunting, or being known for it.2,3

Grammar av + -cı (agent suffix).

Avcı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Avcı made of?

Avcı breaks into 2 parts: av (hunt, game) + -cı (agent/occupation suffix).

Avcı ++ root av hunt, game TURKIC av “game; hunting” suffix -cı agent/occupation suffix TURKIC avcı “hunter” Avcı av root hunt, game av TURKIC “game; hunting” -cı suffix agent/occupation suffix avcı TURKIC “hunter”
Avcı: parts and root words
  • av Turkic — game; hunting2
  • avcı Turkic — hunter3

How was the name Avcı formed?

Avcı belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (av + -cı).

Which surnames are related to Avcı?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Avcıoğlu same root – –

How else is Avcı spelled?

Avcuspelling

Where in Türkiye is Avcı most common?

Avcı is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 14 provinces; its best rank is 15th in Muğla.1

Adana · rank 23 · 6,693 people Adıyaman · rank 24 · 2,638 people Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 24 · 786 people Aydın · rank 19 · 3,569 people Balıkesir · rank 19 · 4,927 people Bilecik · rank 26 · 771 people Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale · rank 21 · 2,282 people Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep · rank 25 · 8,459 people Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay · rank 25 · 4,597 people Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş · rank 26 · 3,644 people Mardin Muğla · rank 15 · 4,362 people Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize · rank 28 · 1,270 people 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 · rank 30 · 487 people Osmaniye · rank 21 · 1,799 people Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 14
  • Not listed
Avcı: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Gaziantep258,459
02Adana236,693
03Balıkesir194,927
04Hatay254,597
05Muğla154,362
06Kahramanmaraş263,644

Who are some well-known people named Avcı?

  1. Sedef Avcı actor 1982–
  2. Abdullah Avcı association football player 1963–
  3. Nabi Avcı politician 1953–
  4. Ergül Avcı volleyball player 1987–
  5. Kerim Avcı association football player 1989–
  6. Koray Avcı association football player 1978–
  7. Erkan Avcı actor 1982–
  8. Gulan Avci politician 1977–

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

Is Avcı also a first name?

Yes. Avcı is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “hunter”.

Avcı as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Avcı written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Avcı is usually written Avci. In Turkish the dotless ı is a back vowel close to the unstressed e of German bitte, not the i of English "it"; c is pronounced like English j in "jam", never as k or ts; v is an English v.

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 Wikimedia Wiktionary: av accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: avcı 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
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Avcı

Q1

What does the surname Avcı mean?

Formed from av, “hunt, game”, with the occupational suffix -cı: “hunter”. The word reaches back to Proto-Turkic *ābčï. The surname reflects a livelihood from hunting, or being known for it.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Avcı?

The root word of Avcı is av (Turkic): “game; hunting”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Avcı?

Av·cı, 2 syllables; IPA: /avˈdʒɯ/.