Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Tabanlıoğlu

Tabanlıoğlu /tabanɫɯoːˈɫu/ ASCII Tabanlioglu

“son of Tabanlı”1

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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 Tabanlıoğlu?

Tabanlıoğlu

IPA /tabanɫɯoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 5 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Tabanlıoğlu mean?

Tabanlı means “having a sole or base”; taban is the sole of the foot or the base on which something rests. The word served as a nickname or as the name of several villages called Tabanlı in Türkiye, and with -oğlu became a family name, “son of Tabanlı”. The sources do not say in which sense the byname was given.1

Grammar taban + -lı + -oğlu

That Tabanlıoğlu goes back to taban and oğul is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Tabanlıoğlu made of?

Tabanlıoğlu is Turkic in origin and breaks into 3 parts: taban (taban: sole; base) + -lı (“with; from”) + -oğlu (“son of”, family-name suffix).

Tabanlıoğlu +++ root taban taban: sole; base TURKIC taban “sole of the foot; base” suffix -lı “with; from” suffix -oğlu “son of”, family-namesuffix TURKIC oğul “son” Tabanlıoğlu taban root taban: sole; base taban TURKIC “sole of the foot; base” -lı suffix “with; from” -oğlu suffix “son of”, family-name suffix oğul TURKIC “son”
Tabanlıoğlu: parts and root words
  • taban Turkic — sole of the foot; base1
  • oğul Turkic — son1

How was the name Tabanlıoğlu formed?

Tabanlıoğlu was formed by adding -lı, “son of”, 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 Tabanlıoğlu?

Tabanlıoğlu Daltaban Tabanca
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 Tabanca same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Tabanlıoğlu?

  1. Hayati Tabanlıoğlu architect 1927–1994

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

How is Tabanlıoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign documents the name is usually written Tabanlioglu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: taban accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tabanlı 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 Tabanlıoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Tabanlıoğlu mean?

Tabanlı means “having a sole or base”; taban is the sole of the foot or the base on which something rests. The word served as a nickname or as the name of several villages called Tabanlı in Türkiye, and with -oğlu became a family name, “son of Tabanlı”. The sources do not say in which sense the byname was given.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tabanlıoğlu?

Tabanlıoğlu is made up of two elements: taban “sole of the foot; base” (Turkic) and oğul “son” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Tabanlıoğlu?

Ta·ban·lı·oğ·lu, 5 syllables; IPA: /tabanɫɯoːˈɫu/.