Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Ekinci

Ekinci /ecinˈdʒi/

“grain grower, farmer”2

Province lists
51
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
6 / 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 Ekinci?

Ekinci

IPA /ecinˈdʒi/

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

What does the surname Ekinci mean?

An ekinci is a grower of crops, someone who sows and raises grain. Ekin comes from the verb ekmek, “to sow”, and -ci marks the occupation. The surname comes from this occupational word.2

Grammar ekin + -ci (agent suffix); ekin itself is ek- + -in.

What is Ekinci made of?

Ekinci breaks into 2 parts: ekin (crops, grain) + -ci (agent/occupation suffix).

Ekinci + root ekin crops, grain TURKIC ekin “crops, sown grain; fromekmek ‘to sow’” suffix -ci agent/occupation suffix Ekinci ekin root crops, grain ekin TURKIC “crops, sown grain; from ekmek‘to sow’” -ci suffix agent/occupation suffix
Ekinci: parts and root words
  • ekin Turkic — crops, sown grain; from ekmek “to sow”2

How was the name Ekinci formed?

Ekinci belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (ekin + -ci).

Which surnames are related to Ekinci?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Ekin same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Ekinci most common?

Ekinci is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 5 provinces; its best rank is 7th in Batman.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis · rank 29 · 1,049 people Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır · rank 30 · 6,445 people Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars · rank 24 · 1,002 people Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt · rank 22 · 1,465 people Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman · rank 7 · 6,766 people Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 5
  • Not listed
Ekinci: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Batman76,766
02Diyarbakır306,445
03Siirt221,465
04Bitlis291,049
05Kars241,002

Who are some well-known people named Ekinci?

  1. Yavuz Ekinci writer 1979–
  2. Tuğba Ekinci actor 1976–
  3. Ekrem Buğra Ekinci university teacher 1966–
  4. Necat Ekinci boxer 1999–
  5. Tarık Ziya Ekinci politician 1925–2024
  6. Nurcihan Ekinci taekwondo athlete 1988–
  7. Cem Ekinci association football player 1990–
  8. Yusuf Ekinci politician 1942–1994

People surnamed Ekinci 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: ekin 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 Ekinci

Q1

What does the surname Ekinci mean?

An ekinci is a grower of crops, someone who sows and raises grain. Ekin comes from the verb ekmek, “to sow”, and -ci marks the occupation. The surname comes from this occupational word.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Ekinci?

The root word of Ekinci is ekin (Turkic): ‘crops, sown grain; from ekmek “to sow”’.
Q3

How do you pronounce Ekinci?

E·kin·ci, 3 syllables; IPA: /ecinˈdʒi/.