Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çakırca

Çakırca /tʃakɯɾˈdʒa/ ASCII Cakirca

“bluish, grey-eyed”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Ç
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 Çakırca?

Çakırca

IPA /tʃakɯɾˈdʒa/

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

What does the surname Çakırca mean?

Çakır “grey-blue (of eyes)” or “goshawk” with the suffix -ca: “bluish, somewhat çakır”. Çakırca is also the name of many Anatolian villages.1

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

What is Çakırca made of?

Çakırca is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: çakır (çakır: grey-blue; goshawk) + -ca (similative/diminutive suffix).

Çakırca + root çakır çakır: grey-blue; goshawk TURKIC çakır “grey-blue; goshawk” suffix -ca similative/diminutivesuffix Çakırca çakır root çakır: grey-blue; goshawk çakır TURKIC “grey-blue; goshawk” -ca suffix similative/diminutive suffix
Çakırca: parts and root words
  • çakır Turkic — grey-blue; goshawk1

How was the name Çakırca formed?

Çakırca was formed by adding the suffix -ca (“similative/diminutive suffix”) to çakır (“çakır: grey-blue; goshawk”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.3

Which surnames are related to Çakırca?

Çakırca Çakır Çakıroğlu Çakırhan Çakıroğulları
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çakır same root 24 235,286
02 Çakıroğlu same root – –
03 Çakırhan same root – –
04 Çakıroğulları same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çakırca?

  1. Ahmet Can Çakırca film editor 1973–

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

How is Çakırca written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records ı is usually written i, ç becomes c (or ch), giving Cakirca.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: çakır accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çakırca

Q1

What does the surname Çakırca mean?

Çakır “grey-blue (of eyes)” or “goshawk” with the suffix -ca: “bluish, somewhat çakır”. Çakırca is also the name of many Anatolian villages.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çakırca?

The root word of Çakırca is çakır (Turkic): “grey-blue; goshawk”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çakırca?

Ça·kır·ca, 3 syllables; IPA: /tʃakɯɾˈdʒa/.