Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ekici

Ekici /eciˈdʒi/

“sower”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Ekici?

Ekici

IPA /eciˈdʒi/

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

What does the surname Ekici mean?

An ekici is a sower, someone who sows seed in the fields; the verb ekmek, “to sow”, takes the agent suffix -ici. The surname comes from this occupational word. It is close in meaning to Ekinci.2

Grammar From ekmek with the agent suffix -ici (ek- + -ici).

What is Ekici made of?

Ekici breaks into 2 parts: ek- (ekmek: to sow) + -ici (agent suffix).

Ekici + root ek- ekmek: to sow TURKIC ekmek “to sow, to plant” suffix -ici agent suffix Ekici ek- root ekmek: to sow ekmek TURKIC “to sow, to plant” -ici suffix agent suffix
Ekici: parts and root words
  • ekmek Turkic — to sow, to plant2

How was the name Ekici formed?

Ekici belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (ek- + -ici).

Which surnames are related to Ekici?

Ekici Eker Eken
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
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01 Eker same root – –
02 Eken same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Ekici most common?

Ekici is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 27th in Kırşehir.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 · rank 27 · 862 people Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon 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
Ekici: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Kırşehir27862

Who are some well-known people named Ekici?

  1. Mehmet Ekici association football player 1990–
  2. Volkan Ekici association football player 1991–
  3. Alaettin Ekici association football player 2009–
  4. Oya Ekici karateka 1975–
  5. Akif Ekici politician 1955–
  6. Armağan Ekici author 1971–
  7. Berkay Ekici association football player 1995–
  8. Birol Ekici statesperson 1969–

People surnamed Ekici 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 Wiktionary: ekmek 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
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Ekici

Q1

What does the surname Ekici mean?

An ekici is a sower, someone who sows seed in the fields; the verb ekmek, “to sow”, takes the agent suffix -ici. The surname comes from this occupational word. It is close in meaning to Ekinci.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ekici?

The root word of Ekici is ekmek (Turkic): “to sow, to plant”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ekici?

E·ki·ci, 3 syllables; IPA: /eciˈdʒi/.