Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özkazanç

Özkazanç /øzkaˈzantʃ/ ASCII Ozkazanc

“one’s own earnings”2

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

How do you pronounce Özkazanç?

Özkazanç

IPA /øzkaˈzantʃ/

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

What does the surname Özkazanç mean?

Özkazanç is built from öz, “own, genuine”, and kazanç, “earnings, gain”: “one’s own earnings”. According to Wiktionary kazanç derives from the verb kazan-, “to earn”, with the suffix -ç. Compounds of this kind starting with Öz- are frequent among surnames.1,2

Grammar öz + kazanç: adjective + noun compound.

That Özkazanç goes back to öz and kazanç is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Özkazanç made of?

Özkazanç breaks into 2 parts: öz (own; genuine) + kazanç (gain, earnings).

Özkazanç + first element öz own; genuine TURKIC öz “own; genuine” root kazanç gain, earnings TURKIC kazanç “earnings, profit” Özkazanç öz first element own; genuine öz TURKIC “own; genuine” kazanç root gain, earnings kazanç TURKIC “earnings, profit”
Özkazanç: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — own; genuine2
  • kazanç Turkic — earnings, profit1

How was the name Özkazanç formed?

Özkazanç belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (öz + kazanç).

Who are some well-known people named Özkazanç?

  1. Alev Özkazanç writer 1967–
  2. Ahmet Nazım Özkazanç researcher 1926–2003
  3. Ergin Özkazanç opera singer 1962–
  4. Mehmet Alp Özkazanç opera singer
  5. Naim Özkazanç businessperson
  6. Simla Alina Özkazanç translator 1993–

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

How is Özkazanç written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Ozkazanc.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kazanç accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: öz 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 Özkazanç

Q1

What does the surname Özkazanç mean?

Özkazanç is built from öz, “own, genuine”, and kazanç, “earnings, gain”: “one’s own earnings”. According to Wiktionary kazanç derives from the verb kazan-, “to earn”, with the suffix -ç. Compounds of this kind starting with Öz- are frequent among surnames.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özkazanç?

The root word of Özkazanç is öz (Turkic): “own; genuine”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Özkazanç?

Öz·ka·zanç, 3 syllables; IPA: /øzkaˈzantʃ/.