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Kaçar

Kaçar /kaˈtʃaɾ/ ASCII Kacar

“Qajar, a historical Turkmen tribe”3

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Formation
Plain noun
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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 Kaçar?

Kaçar

IPA /kaˈtʃaɾ/

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

What does the surname Kaçar mean?

Kaçar is the name of the historical Turkmen tribe that gave its name to the Qajar dynasty, which ruled Iran from the late 18th to the early 20th century. In form it is also identical with the aorist of kaçmak “to flee”.2,3

The origin is disputed. The views put forward are:

  1. The surname is the name of the historical Turkmen tribe Qajar, eponym of the dynasty.
  2. The form matches the aorist “kaçar”, “he flees”, of kaçmak and may come from a nickname.

What is Kaçar made of?

Kaçar is a single Turkic root: Kaçar (Kaçar: name of a historical Turkmen tribe; aorist of kaçmak).

Kaçar + root Kaçar Kaçar: name of ahistorical Turkmen… TURKIC Kaçar “historical Turkmen tribethat gave its name to…” TURKIC kaçmak “to run away, to flee” Kaçar Kaçar root Kaçar: name of a historical Turkmentribe; aorist of kaçmak Kaçar TURKIC “historical Turkmen tribe thatgave its name to the Qajar…” kaçmak TURKIC “to run away, to flee”
Kaçar: parts and root words
  • Kaçar Turkic — historical Turkmen tribe that gave its name to the Qajar dynasty of Iran3
  • kaçmak Turkic — to run away, to flee2

How was the name Kaçar formed?

Kaçar is the word Kaçar (“Kaçar: name of a historical Turkmen tribe; aorist of kaçmak”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Kaçar?

Kaçar Kaçmaz Kaçaroğlu
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 Kaçmaz same root – –
02 Kaçaroğlu same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Kaçar most common?

Kaçar is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 30th in Siirt.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 Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt · rank 30 · 1,082 people 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 2019
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Kaçar: rank by province, 2019 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Siirt301,082

Who are some well-known people named Kaçar?

  1. Betül Kaçar researcher 1983–
  2. Giray Kaçar association football player 1985–
  3. Gülçin Yahya Kaçar musician 1966–
  4. Tugay Kaçar association football player 1994–
  5. Arslan Kaçar actor 1954–2012
  6. Hasan Hüseyin Kaçar athlete 1988–
  7. Kemal Kaçar politician 1917–2000
  8. Mahmut Kaçar statesperson 1975–

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

How is Kaçar written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Kacar in English and German records.

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 Wikipedia: Qajar dynasty accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kaçar 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kaçar

Q1

What does the surname Kaçar mean?

Kaçar is the name of the historical Turkmen tribe that gave its name to the Qajar dynasty, which ruled Iran from the late 18th to the early 20th century. In form it is also identical with the aorist of kaçmak “to flee”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kaçar?

The root word of Kaçar is kaçmak (Turkic): “to run away, to flee”. There are 3 competing views on where Kaçar comes from, all set out on this page.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kaçar?

Ka·çar, 2 syllables; IPA: /kaˈtʃaɾ/.