Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Bolkan

Bolkan /boɫˈkan/

“full-blooded, vigorous”2

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

How do you pronounce Bolkan?

Bolkan

IPA /boɫˈkan/

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

What does the surname Bolkan mean?

Bol “abundant” joins kan “blood”: “full-blooded, vigorous”. In surnames ending in -kan, kan is usually read as an image of lineage and vigour.1,2

That Bolkan goes back to bol and kan is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Bolkan made of?

Bolkan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: bol (bol: abundant) + kan (kan: blood; lineage).

Bolkan + root bol bol: abundant TURKIC bol “abundant, plentiful” root kan kan: blood; lineage TURKIC kan “blood; lineage” Bolkan bol root bol: abundant bol TURKIC “abundant, plentiful” kan root kan: blood; lineage kan TURKIC “blood; lineage”
Bolkan: parts and root words
  • bol Turkic — abundant, plentiful2
  • kan Turkic — blood; lineage1

How was the name Bolkan formed?

Bolkan is a name newly coined from bol (“bol: abundant”) and kan (“kan: blood; lineage”) in the years of the surname law.

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

Which surnames are related to Bolkan?

Bolkan Özkan Alkan Arıkan Gürkan Kandemir Atakan Türkkan Durukan Demirkan Soykan Akkan Taşkan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Özkan same root 22 245,254
02 Alkan same root – –
03 Arıkan same root – –
04 Gürkan same root – –
05 Kandemir same root – –
06 Atakan same root – –
07 Türkkan same root – –
08 Durukan same root – –
09 Demirkan same root – –
10 Soykan same root – –
11 Akkan same root – –
12 Taşkan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Bolkan?

  1. Hasan Bolkan botanist

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

Is Bolkan also a first name?

Yes. Bolkan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “full-blooded, vigorous”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: bol accessed 9 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
  5. 5 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Bolkan

Q1

What does the surname Bolkan mean?

Bol “abundant” joins kan “blood”: “full-blooded, vigorous”. In surnames ending in -kan, kan is usually read as an image of lineage and vigour.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Bolkan?

Bolkan is made up of two elements: bol “abundant, plentiful” (Turkic) and kan “blood; lineage” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Bolkan?

Bol·kan, 2 syllables; IPA: /boɫˈkan/.