Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kabaca

Kabaca /kabaˈdʒa/

“fairly large, plump”2

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

How do you pronounce Kabaca?

Kabaca

IPA /kabaˈdʒa/

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

What does the surname Kabaca mean?

As an adjective kabaca means ‘fairly large, plump’; as an adverb it means ‘roughly’ and ‘approximately’. It is kaba with the suffix -ca. Nişanyan traces kaba to Old Turkic kaba ‘big, swollen’.1,2

Grammar kaba + -ca.

That Kabaca goes back to kabaca and kaba is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

Kabaca is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kabaca made of?

Kabaca is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: kaba (big, puffy; coarse) + -ca (diminutive suffix).

Kabaca ++ root kaba big, puffy; coarse TURKIC kabaca “fairly large, plump” suffix -ca diminutive suffix TURKIC kaba “big, swollen” Kabaca kaba root big, puffy; coarse kabaca TURKIC “fairly large, plump” -ca suffix diminutive suffix kaba TURKIC “big, swollen”
Kabaca: parts and root words
  • kabaca Turkic — fairly large, plump2
  • kaba Turkic — big, swollen1

How was the name Kabaca formed?

Kabaca was formed by adding the suffix -ca (“diminutive suffix”) to kaba (“big, puffy; coarse”).

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

Which surnames are related to Kabaca?

Kabaca Kaba Kabasakal Kabaağaçlı Kabacaoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kaba same root – –
02 Kabasakal same root – –
03 Kabaağaçlı same root – –
04 Kabacaoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kabaca?

  1. Sadık Emir Kabaca basketball player 2000–
  2. Turgut Kabaca civil engineer 1972–
  3. Furkan Arda Kabaca association football player 2006–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kaba accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kabaca 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

Common questions about Kabaca

Q1

What does the surname Kabaca mean?

As an adjective kabaca means ‘fairly large, plump’; as an adverb it means ‘roughly’ and ‘approximately’. It is kaba with the suffix -ca. Nişanyan traces kaba to Old Turkic kaba ‘big, swollen’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kabaca?

The root word of Kabaca is kaba (Turkic): “big, swollen”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kabaca?

Ka·ba·ca, 3 syllables; IPA: /kabaˈdʒa/.