Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 744

Biçer

Biçer /biˈtʃeɾ/ ASCII Bicer

“reaper, harvester”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Provinces
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Biçer?

Biçer

IPA /biˈtʃeɾ/

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

What does the surname Biçer mean?

From biçmek “to reap, to mow”: Biçer is “the one who reaps”, who swings the sickle at harvest. The form lives on in biçerdöver, the combine harvester. Biçmek also means to cut cloth to shape.2

Grammar Aorist participle of biçmek (biç- + -er).

That Biçer goes back to biçmek is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Biçer made of?

Biçer breaks into 2 parts: biç- (biçmek: to reap, to mow) + -er (aorist participle).

Biçer + root biç- biçmek: to reap, to mow TURKIC biçmek “to reap grain or grasswith sickle or scythe;…” suffix -er aorist participle Biçer biç- root biçmek: to reap, to mow biçmek TURKIC “to reap grain or grass withsickle or scythe; to cut to…” -er suffix aorist participle
Biçer: parts and root words
  • biçmek Turkic — to reap grain or grass with sickle or scythe; to cut to shape; to put a value on2

How was the name Biçer formed?

Biçer belongs to the “from a verb” class of surnames (biç- + -er).

Where in Türkiye is Biçer most common?

Biçer is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 28th in Çorum.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum · rank 28 · 1,471 people 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 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 2022
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Biçer: rank by province, 2022 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Çorum281,471

Who are some well-known people named Biçer?

  1. Cengiz Biçer association football player 1987–
  2. Tansu Biçer actor 1978–
  3. Enbiya Taha Biçer taekwondo athlete 2001–
  4. Gülizar Biçer Karaca politician 1967–
  5. Adil Biçer politician 1974–
  6. Oğuzhan Biçer association football player 1994–
  7. Hilmi Biçer politician 1931–2015
  8. Tur Yıldız Biçer surgeon 1968–

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

How is Biçer written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Bicer in English and German records.

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 Vikisözlük: biçmek accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Biçer 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

Common questions about Biçer

Q1

What does the surname Biçer mean?

From biçmek “to reap, to mow”: Biçer is “the one who reaps”, who swings the sickle at harvest. The form lives on in biçerdöver, the combine harvester. Biçmek also means to cut cloth to shape.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Biçer?

The root word of Biçer is biçmek (Turkic): “to reap grain or grass with sickle or scythe; to cut to shape; to put a value on”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Biçer?

Bi·çer, 2 syllables; IPA: /biˈtʃeɾ/.