Sabuncu
surname · Latin script
Meaning: soapmaker, a manufacturer of soap
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/s̪abuɲdʒu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sabuncu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden≈1 in 162K
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 208K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 61 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sabunçu in AZ Azerbaijan.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
soapmaker, a manufacturer of soap
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sabuncu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Sabuncu | 61 |
| IQ Iraq | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 230K | — | Sabuncu | 6 |
| DE Germany | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 532K | — | Sabuncu | 31 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 398K | — | Sabuncu | 2 |
| SE Sweden | ≈63 est. | ≈1 in 162K | — | Sabuncu | 10 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 208K | — | Sabunçu | 3 |
| NL Netherlands | 44 | 1 in 393K | 44 | Sabuncu | 7 |
| EE Estonia | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 351K | listed | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- İsmail Sabuncub. 1891TRTurkish statesperson (1891–1961)
- Başar Sabuncub. 1943TRTurkish film director (1943–2015)
- Nabi Sabuncub. 1943TRTurkish statesperson (born 1943)
- Candan Sabuncub. 1944TRTurkish actor (1944–2018)
- Yavuz Sabuncub. 1948TRTurkish scientist (1948–2007)
- Elifsu Sabuncub. 1976TRTurkish geneticist (born 1976)
- Serdar Sabuncub. 1977TRTurkish association football manager (born 1977)
- Mert Rory Sabuncub. 1979TRTurkish scientist (born 1979)
- Sinan SabuncuTRTurkish researcher
- Metin SabuncuTRTurkish researcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 44 | #33,623 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sabuncu mean, and where does it come from?
- soapmaker, a manufacturer of soap Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Sabuncu?
- A machine transcription gives /s̪abuɲdʒu/ (IPA) for Turkish.
- In which country does Sabuncu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.6 thousand people named Sabuncu in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sabuncu.
- How common is the name Sabuncu?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 44 people named Sabuncu in 2007, about 1 in 393 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sabuncuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sabuncu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.