Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 2,005

Kılınç

Kılınç /kɯˈɫɯntʃ/ ASCII Kilinc

“sword”2

Province lists
91
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. §5Spellings
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Kılınç?

Kılınç

IPA /kɯˈɫɯntʃ/

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

What does the surname Kılınç mean?

Kılınç is the form of kılıç, “sword”, that lives on in Anatolian dialects, pronounced with an extra n. It denotes the long, sharp-edged weapon of war, and as a surname it carries the image of valour and martial spirit.2

What is Kılınç made of?

Kılınç is a single root: kılınç (sword (dialect form)).

Kılınç root kılınç sword (dialect form) TURKIC kılınç “dialect form of kılıç‘sword’” Kılınç kılınç root sword (dialect form) kılınç TURKIC “dialect form of kılıç ‘sword’”
Kılınç: parts and root words
  • kılınç Turkic — dialect form of kılıç “sword”2

How was the name Kılınç formed?

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

How else is Kılınç spelled?

Kılıçspelling

Where in Türkiye is Kılınç most common?

Kılınç is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 9 provinces; its best rank is 13th in Adıyaman.1

Adana Adıyaman · rank 13 · 3,815 people Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur · rank 20 · 1,057 people Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep · rank 20 · 9,314 people Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay · rank 24 · 4,697 people Isparta · rank 18 · 2,120 people Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş · rank 14 · 6,220 people Mardin · rank 21 · 3,531 people Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde · rank 19 · 1,576 people Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak · rank 24 · 1,478 people 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 9
  • Not listed
Kılınç: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Gaziantep209,314
02Kahramanmaraş146,220
03Hatay244,697
04Adıyaman133,815
05Mardin213,531
06Isparta182,120

Who are some well-known people named Kılınç?

  1. Emre Kılınç association football player 1994–
  2. David Deniz Kılınç association football player 1992–
  3. Tuncer Kılınç politician 1938–
  4. Arzu Gamze Kılınç actor 1969–
  5. Demet Kılınç association football player 1998–
  6. Ali Gültekin Kılınç politician 1959–
  7. Koray Kılınç association football player 2000–
  8. Yalçın Kılınç association football player 1988–

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

How is Kılınç written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Kılınç is usually written Kilinc.

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: kılınç accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kılıç 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

Common questions about Kılınç

Q1

What does the surname Kılınç mean?

Kılınç is the form of kılıç, “sword”, that lives on in Anatolian dialects, pronounced with an extra n. It denotes the long, sharp-edged weapon of war, and as a surname it carries the image of valour and martial spirit.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kılınç?

The root word of Kılınç is kılınç (Turkic): ‘dialect form of kılıç “sword”’.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kılınç?

Kı·lınç, 2 syllables; IPA: /kɯˈɫɯntʃ/.