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Topçu

Topçu /topˈtʃu/ ASCII Topcu

“artilleryman, gunner”2

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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Topçu?

Topçu

IPA /topˈtʃu/

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

What does the surname Topçu mean?

A topçu is an artilleryman, a soldier who serves the heavy guns called top; in the Ottoman army the Topçu Ocağı was the artillery corps. The word is top plus the occupational suffix -çu, and top goes back to Proto-Turkic *top, “round thing”. The surname comes from this military term.2,4

Grammar top + -çu (agent suffix).

Topçu is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Topçu made of?

Topçu is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: top (cannon) + -çu (agent/occupation suffix).

Topçu ++ root top cannon TURKIC top “ball; cannon” suffix -çu agent/occupation suffix TURKIC topçu “artilleryman, gunner” Topçu top root cannon top TURKIC “ball; cannon” -çu suffix agent/occupation suffix topçu TURKIC “artilleryman, gunner”
Topçu: parts and root words
  • top Turkic — ball; cannon2
  • topçu Turkic — artilleryman, gunner4

How was the name Topçu formed?

Topçu was formed by adding the suffix -çu (“agent/occupation suffix”) to top (“cannon”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Topçu?

Topçu Topçuoğlu Toptaş Topbaş Altıntop Toptan Topkaya Top Toparlak Altuntop Topaç Baştopçu Topçubaşı
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Topçuoğlu same root – –
02 Toptaş same root – –
03 Topbaş same root – –
04 Altıntop same root – –
05 Toptan same root – –
06 Topkaya same root – –
07 Top same root – –
08 Toparlak same root – –
09 Altuntop same root – –
10 Topaç same root – –
11 Baştopçu same root – –
12 Topçubaşı same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Topçu most common?

Topçu is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 26th in Rize.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize · rank 26 · 1,298 people Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Topçu: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Rize261,298

Who are some well-known people named Topçu?

  1. Emirhan Topçu association football player 2000–
  2. Caner Topçu actor 1997–
  3. Canan Topçu writer 1965–
  4. Ebru Topçu association football player 1996–
  5. Mutlu Topçu association football player 1970–
  6. Nurettin Topçu author 1909–1975
  7. Yaşar Topçu politician 1941–
  8. Emre Topçu association football player 2005–

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

How is Topçu written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Topçu is usually written Topcu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: top accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: top accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: topçu accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Topçu

Q1

What does the surname Topçu mean?

A topçu is an artilleryman, a soldier who serves the heavy guns called top; in the Ottoman army the Topçu Ocağı was the artillery corps. The word is top plus the occupational suffix -çu, and top goes back to Proto-Turkic *top, “round thing”. The surname comes from this military term.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Topçu?

The root word of Topçu is top (Turkic): “ball; cannon”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Topçu?

Top·çu, 2 syllables; IPA: /topˈtʃu/.