Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bingölçe

Bingölçe /binɟœlˈtʃe/ ASCII Bingolce

“little Bingöl, ‘thousand lakes’”1

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

How do you pronounce Bingölçe?

Bingölçe

IPA /binɟœlˈtʃe/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Bingölçe mean?

Formed from Bingöl, literally “a thousand lakes”, the name of a mountain range and province in eastern Anatolia, with the suffix -çe, which adds a diminutive or “-like” sense in place names.1,2

Grammar Bingöl + diminutive suffix -çe.

That Bingölçe goes back to bin and göl is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Bingölçe made of?

Bingölçe is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: Bingöl (Bingöl: province and mountain in eastern Anatolia, “a thousand lakes”) + -çe (diminutive and similative suffix).

Bingölçe ++ root Bingöl Bingöl: province andmountain in eastern… TURKIC bin “thousand” suffix -çe diminutive and similativesuffix TURKIC göl “lake” Bingölçe Bingöl root Bingöl: province and mountain ineastern Anatolia, “a thousand lakes” bin TURKIC “thousand” -çe suffix diminutive and similative suffix göl TURKIC “lake”
Bingölçe: parts and root words
  • bin Turkic — thousand1
  • göl Turkic — lake2

How was the name Bingölçe formed?

Bingölçe was formed by adding the suffix -çe (“diminutive and similative suffix”) to Bingöl (“Bingöl: province and mountain in eastern Anatolia, “a thousand lakes””).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Bingölçe?

Bingölçe Bingöl Akgöl Bingül Binay Binboğa Göllü Binoğul Binyazar Göl Göltekin
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bingöl same root – –
02 Akgöl same root – –
03 Bingül same root – –
04 Binay same root – –
05 Binboğa same root – –
06 Göllü same root – –
07 Binoğul same root – –
08 Binyazar same root – –
09 Göl same root – –
10 Göltekin same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bingölçe?

  1. Filiz Bingölçe writer 1965–2016

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

How is Bingölçe written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records ç becomes c (or ch), ö becomes o or oe, giving Bingolce.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: bin accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: göl accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Bingölçe

Q1

What does the surname Bingölçe mean?

Formed from Bingöl, literally “a thousand lakes”, the name of a mountain range and province in eastern Anatolia, with the suffix -çe, which adds a diminutive or “-like” sense in place names.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bingölçe?

Bingölçe is made up of two elements: bin “thousand” (Turkic) and göl “lake” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Bingölçe?

Bin·göl·çe, 3 syllables; IPA: /binɟœlˈtʃe/.