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Kalkan

Kalkan /kaɫˈkan/

“shield; protector”3

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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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. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Kalkan?

Kalkan

IPA /kaɫˈkan/

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

What does the surname Kalkan mean?

A kalkan is a shield carried for protection against sword, spear and arrow; figuratively it means “protector”. The word also names a fish, the turbot. Kalkan is also a small town in the Kaş district of Antalya and a male given name.3

Kalkan is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kalkan made of?

Kalkan is a single root: kalkan (kalkan: shield).

Kalkan root kalkan kalkan: shield TURKIC kalkan “shield; figurativelyprotector; turbot” Kalkan kalkan root kalkan: shield kalkan TURKIC “shield; figuratively protector;turbot”
Kalkan: parts and root words
  • kalkan Turkic — shield; figuratively protector; turbot3

How was the name Kalkan formed?

Kalkan belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Kalkan?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kalkancı same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Kalkan most common?

Kalkan is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 30th in Erzincan.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 · rank 30 · 720 people 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 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 2022
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Kalkan: rank by province, 2022 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Erzincan30720

Who are some well-known people named Kalkan?

  1. Duran Kalkan writer 1954–
  2. Murat Kalkan association football player 1986–
  3. Berat Kalkan association football player 2003–
  4. Nezihe Kalkan singer 1979–
  5. Abdurrahman Yavuz Kalkan association football player 1973–
  6. Fuat Kalkan association football player 1988–
  7. Hüseyin Kalkan politician 1950–2010
  8. Erdal Kalkan politician 1946–

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

Is Kalkan also a first name?

Yes. Kalkan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “shield; protector”.

Kalkan as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

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 Vikisözlük: kalkan accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Kalkan 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
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Kalkan

Q1

What does the surname Kalkan mean?

A kalkan is a shield carried for protection against sword, spear and arrow; figuratively it means “protector”. The word also names a fish, the turbot. Kalkan is also a small town in the Kaş district of Antalya and a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kalkan?

The root word of Kalkan is kalkan (Turkic): “shield; figuratively protector; turbot”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kalkan?

Kal·kan, 2 syllables; IPA: /kaɫˈkan/.