Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Tabanca

Tabanca /tabanˈdʒa/

“pistol”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Initial
T
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 Tabanca?

Tabanca

IPA /tabanˈdʒa/

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

What does the surname Tabanca mean?

A tabanca is a pistol, a short-barrelled hand-held firearm. Wiktionary traces it to Ottoman tabanca and analyses it as taban ‘sole, base’ + -ca. Today the word also names a spray gun.1

Grammar taban + -ca.

Tabanca is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Tabanca made of?

Tabanca is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: taban (taban: sole, base) + -ca (noun-forming suffix).

Tabanca + root taban taban: sole, base TURKIC tabanca “pistol” suffix -ca noun-forming suffix Tabanca taban root taban: sole, base tabanca TURKIC “pistol” -ca suffix noun-forming suffix
Tabanca: parts and root words
  • tabanca Turkic — pistol1

How was the name Tabanca formed?

Tabanca was formed by adding the suffix -ca (“noun-forming suffix”) to taban (“taban: sole, base”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Tabanca?

Tabanca Daltaban Tabanlıoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Daltaban same root – –
02 Tabanlıoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Tabanca?

  1. Nurhayat Tabanca researcher 2000–

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

How is Tabanca written and pronounced abroad?

The spelling Tabanca is unchanged in foreign records.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: tabanca accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tabanca accessed 9 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

Common questions about Tabanca

Q1

What does the surname Tabanca mean?

A tabanca is a pistol, a short-barrelled hand-held firearm. Wiktionary traces it to Ottoman tabanca and analyses it as taban ‘sole, base’ + -ca. Today the word also names a spray gun.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tabanca?

The root word of Tabanca is tabanca (Turkic): “pistol”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tabanca?

Ta·ban·ca, 3 syllables; IPA: /tabanˈdʒa/.