Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 2,051

Kızıltunç

Kızıltunç /kɯzɯɫˈtunt͡ʃ/ ASCII Kiziltunc

“red bronze”2

Letters / syllables
9 / 3
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
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Initial
K
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Kızıltunç?

Kızıltunç

IPA /kɯzɯɫˈtunt͡ʃ/

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

What does the surname Kızıltunç mean?

Kızıltunç combines kızıl ‘red’ and tunç ‘bronze’: ‘red bronze’. Bronze is the alloy of copper and tin; Nişanyan traces tunç to Old Turkic tūç.1,2

Grammar kızıl + tunç.

That Kızıltunç goes back to kızıl and tūç is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Kızıltunç made of?

Kızıltunç breaks into 2 parts: kızıl (kızıl: red) + tunç (tunç: bronze).

Kızıltunç + root kızıl kızıl: red TURKIC kızıl “blood-red” root tunç tunç: bronze TURKIC tūç “copper alloy, bronze” Kızıltunç kızıl root kızıl: red kızıl TURKIC “blood-red” tunç root tunç: bronze tūç TURKIC “copper alloy, bronze”
Kızıltunç: parts and root words
  • kızıl Turkic — blood-red2
  • tūç Turkic — copper alloy, bronze1

How was the name Kızıltunç formed?

Kızıltunç belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (kızıl + tunç).

Which surnames are related to Kızıltunç?

Kızıltunç Tunçer Tunç Tunçel Tunçay Kızıl Kızılkaya Kızılay Öztunç Ertunç Kızıldağ Kızıltaş Kızıltuğ
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Tunçer same root – –
02 Tunç same root – –
03 Tunçel same root – –
04 Tunçay same root – –
05 Kızıl same root – –
06 Kızılkaya same root – –
07 Kızılay same root – –
08 Öztunç same root – –
09 Ertunç same root – –
10 Kızıldağ same root – –
11 Kızıltaş same root – –
12 Kızıltuğ same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kızıltunç?

  1. Seden Kızıltunç actor 1942–
  2. Ahmet Kızıltunç researcher
  3. Pınar Bingöl Kızıltunç researcher

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

How is Kızıltunç written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Kiziltunc.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tunç accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kızıl 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

Common questions about Kızıltunç

Q1

What does the surname Kızıltunç mean?

Kızıltunç combines kızıl ‘red’ and tunç ‘bronze’: ‘red bronze’. Bronze is the alloy of copper and tin; Nişanyan traces tunç to Old Turkic tūç.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kızıltunç?

The root word of Kızıltunç is kızıl (Turkic): “blood-red”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kızıltunç?

Kı·zıl·tunç, 3 syllables; IPA: /kɯzɯɫˈtunt͡ʃ/.