Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Kolcu

Kolcu /koɫˈdʒu/

“patrol guard”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
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 Kolcu?

Kolcu

IPA /koɫˈdʒu/

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

What does the surname Kolcu mean?

A kolcu is a guard who keeps watch or goes kol gezmek, ‘on patrol’; dictionaries give ‘guard, watchman’. The word is kol ‘arm; patrol’ plus the suffix -cu; kol is attested since Old Turkic.1,2

Grammar kol + -cu (occupational suffix).

Kolcu is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Kolcu made of?

Kolcu breaks into 2 parts: kol (kol: arm; patrol) + -cu (-cu: occupational suffix).

Kolcu ++ root kol kol: arm; patrol TURKIC kolcu “guard who patrols orkeeps watch” suffix -cu -cu: occupational suffix TURKIC kol “arm; patrol” Kolcu kol root kol: arm; patrol kolcu TURKIC “guard who patrols or keeps watch” -cu suffix -cu: occupational suffix kol TURKIC “arm; patrol”
Kolcu: parts and root words
  • kolcu Turkic — guard who patrols or keeps watch1
  • kol Turkic — arm; patrol2

How was the name Kolcu formed?

Kolcu belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (kol + -cu).

Which surnames are related to Kolcu?

Kolcu Demirkol Kol Çelikkol Kolukısa Atakol Koldaş Kolçak
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Demirkol same root – –
02 Kol same root – –
03 Çelikkol same root – –
04 Kolukısa same root – –
05 Atakol same root – –
06 Koldaş same root – –
07 Kolçak same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Kolcu?

  1. Erol Kolcu association football player 1962–
  2. Ali İhsan Kolcu writer 1961–
  3. Onur Buğra Kolcu researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kolcu accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kol 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 Kolcu

Q1

What does the surname Kolcu mean?

A kolcu is a guard who keeps watch or goes kol gezmek, ‘on patrol’; dictionaries give ‘guard, watchman’. The word is kol ‘arm; patrol’ plus the suffix -cu; kol is attested since Old Turkic.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Kolcu?

The root word of Kolcu is kolcu (Turkic): “guard who patrols or keeps watch”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Kolcu?

Kol·cu, 2 syllables; IPA: /koɫˈdʒu/.