Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 1,035

Çiftçi

Çiftçi /tʃiftˈtʃi/ ASCII Ciftci

“farmer”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
Ç
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Çiftçi?

Çiftçi

IPA /tʃiftˈtʃi/

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

What does the surname Çiftçi mean?

A çiftçi is a farmer, someone who makes a living by ploughing and sowing land. The word combines çift, “a yoke of oxen, ploughing”, with the occupational suffix -çi. The surname reflects a rural family living from its fields.2,3

Grammar çift + -çi (agent suffix); çift is of Persian origin.

Çiftçi is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çiftçi made of?

Çiftçi breaks into 2 parts: çift (pair (of plough oxen); ploughing) + -çi (agent/occupation suffix).

Çiftçi ++ root çift pair (of plough oxen);ploughing PERSIAN çift “pair; a yoke of oxen;ploughing” suffix -çi agent/occupation suffix TURKIC çiftçi “farmer” Çiftçi çift root pair (of plough oxen); ploughing çift PERSIAN “pair; a yoke of oxen; ploughing” -çi suffix agent/occupation suffix çiftçi TURKIC “farmer”
Çiftçi: parts and root words
  • çift Persian — pair; a yoke of oxen; ploughing2
  • çiftçi Turkic — farmer3

How was the name Çiftçi formed?

Çiftçi belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (çift + -çi).

Which surnames are related to Çiftçi?

Çiftçi Çiftçioğlu Çiftpınar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çiftçioğlu same root – –
02 Çiftpınar same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Çiftçi most common?

Çiftçi is not first anywhere, but it is in the top three in 2 provinces: Hakkari and Şanlıurfa.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı · rank 21 · 2,690 people Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl · rank 11 · 1,197 people Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari · rank 3 · 4,033 people 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 · rank 2 · 34,705 people Uşak Van · rank 13 · 4,963 people Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman · rank 18 · 3,840 people Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the top three (#2–3) 2
  • In the province top 30 4
  • Not listed
Çiftçi: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Şanlıurfa234,705
02Van134,963
03Hakkari34,033
04Batman183,840
05Ağrı212,690
06Bingöl111,197

Who are some well-known people named Çiftçi?

  1. Nadir Çiftçi association football player 1992–
  2. Mustafa Çiftçi statesperson 1970–
  3. Uğur Çiftçi association football player 1992–
  4. Serkan Çiftçi association football player 1989–
  5. İbrahim Çiftçi amateur wrestler 1997–
  6. Batuhan Çiftçi boxer 1997–
  7. Hikmet Çiftçi association football player 1998–
  8. Recep Çiftçi judoka 1995–

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

How is Çiftçi written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Çiftçi is usually written Ciftci.

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 Wiktionary: çift accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: çiftçi 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 Çiftçi

Q1

What does the surname Çiftçi mean?

A çiftçi is a farmer, someone who makes a living by ploughing and sowing land. The word combines çift, “a yoke of oxen, ploughing”, with the occupational suffix -çi. The surname reflects a rural family living from its fields.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çiftçi?

The root word of Çiftçi is çift (Turkic): “pair; a yoke of oxen; ploughing”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çiftçi?

Çift·çi, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃiftˈtʃi/.