Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 774

Birinci

Birinci /biɾinˈdʒi/

“first, foremost”3

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

How do you pronounce Birinci?

Birinci

IPA /biɾinˈdʒi/

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

What does the surname Birinci mean?

Birinci means “first” in a sequence and, figuratively, “the best, the foremost”. As a surname it expresses being first and coming out ahead.3

Grammar The numeral bir with the ordinal suffix -inci.

Birinci is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Birinci made of?

Birinci breaks into 2 parts: bir (bir: one) + -inci (ordinal suffix).

Birinci + root bir bir: one TURKIC birinci “first in order; best,foremost” suffix -inci ordinal suffix Birinci bir root bir: one birinci TURKIC “first in order; best, foremost” -inci suffix ordinal suffix
Birinci: parts and root words
  • birinci Turkic — first in order; best, foremost3

How was the name Birinci formed?

Birinci belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (bir + -inci).

Where in Türkiye is Birinci most common?

Birinci is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 19th in Trabzon.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin 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 Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon · rank 19 · 4,734 people 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 1
  • Not listed
Birinci: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Trabzon194,734

Who are some well-known people named Birinci?

  1. Çağlar Birinci association football player 1985–
  2. Yakup Kadri Birinci athlete 1967–
  3. Ali Birinci historian 1947–
  4. Mehmet Birinci association football player 1957–
  5. Necat Birinci politician 1943–
  6. Serhat Birinci athletics competitor 1990–
  7. Ali Birinci university teacher 1977–
  8. Bahtiyar Birinci association football referee

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

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: birinci accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Birinci 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 Birinci

Q1

What does the surname Birinci mean?

Birinci means “first” in a sequence and, figuratively, “the best, the foremost”. As a surname it expresses being first and coming out ahead.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Birinci?

The root word of Birinci is birinci (Turkic): “first in order; best, foremost”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Birinci?

Bi·rin·ci, 3 syllables; IPA: /biɾinˈdʒi/.