Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 789

Balcı

Balcı /baɫˈdʒɯ/ ASCII Balci

“honey seller, beekeeper”2

Province lists
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province top-30s
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Formation
Suffixed
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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Balcı?

Balcı

IPA /baɫˈdʒɯ/

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

What does the surname Balcı mean?

A balcı is a honey seller, or someone who keeps bees and produces honey. The word is formed from Proto-Turkic *bal, “honey”, and the occupational suffix -cı. The surname comes from this occupational word.2,4

Grammar bal + -cı (agent suffix).

Balcı is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Balcı made of?

Balcı is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: bal (honey) + -cı (agent/occupation suffix).

Balcı ++ root bal honey TURKIC bal “honey” suffix -cı agent/occupation suffix TURKIC balcı “honey seller; beekeeper” Balcı bal root honey bal TURKIC “honey” -cı suffix agent/occupation suffix balcı TURKIC “honey seller; beekeeper”
Balcı: parts and root words
  • bal Turkic — honey2
  • balcı Turkic — honey seller; beekeeper4

How was the name Balcı formed?

Balcı was formed by adding the suffix -cı (“agent/occupation suffix”) to bal (“honey”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Balcı?

Balcı Bal Akbal Baloğlu Balcıoğlu Ballı Balkaya Özbal Balbay Arıbal Baler Kayabalı Balım
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bal same root – –
02 Akbal same root – –
03 Baloğlu same root – –
04 Balcıoğlu same root – –
05 Ballı same root – –
06 Balkaya same root – –
07 Özbal same root – –
08 Balbay same root – –
09 Arıbal same root – –
10 Baler same root – –
11 Kayabalı same root – –
12 Balım same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Balcı most common?

Balcı is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 2 provinces; its best rank is 17th in Rize.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 28 · 692 people Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize · rank 17 · 1,659 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 Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 2
  • Not listed
Balcı: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Rize171,659
02Artvin28692

Who are some well-known people named Balcı?

  1. Serhat Balcı amateur wrestler 1982–
  2. Serkan Balcı association football player 1983–
  3. Bünyamin Balcı association football player 2000–
  4. Tamer Balcı athletics competitor 1917–1993
  5. Erhan Balcı amateur wrestler 1966–
  6. Taha Balcı association football player 1988–
  7. Emre Hasan Balcı association football player 1987–
  8. Ozan Balcı statesperson 1974–

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

How is Balcı written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Balcı is usually written Balci. 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.

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 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bal accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: bal accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: balcı accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Balcı

Q1

What does the surname Balcı mean?

A balcı is a honey seller, or someone who keeps bees and produces honey. The word is formed from Proto-Turkic *bal, “honey”, and the occupational suffix -cı. The surname comes from this occupational word.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Balcı?

The root word of Balcı is bal (Turkic): “honey”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Balcı?

Bal·cı, 2 syllables; IPA: /baɫˈdʒɯ/.