Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 885

Cantürk

Cantürk /dʒanˈtyɾk/ ASCII Canturk

“Turk at heart”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
C
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Cantürk?

Cantürk

IPA /dʒanˈtyɾk/

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

What does the surname Cantürk mean?

Cantürk joins can and Türk: “Turk at heart” or “dear Turk”. Can comes from Persian and means both “soul, life” and “beloved person”. Surnames ending in -türk form a large group expressing love of country and nation.1

Grammar can + Türk

That Cantürk goes back to can and Türk is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Cantürk made of?

Cantürk breaks into 2 parts: can (soul; dear one) + Türk (Turk).

Cantürk + root can soul; dear one PERSIAN can “soul, life; beloved” root Türk Turk TURKIC Türk “Turk” Cantürk can root soul; dear one can PERSIAN “soul, life; beloved” Türk root Turk Türk TURKIC “Turk”
Cantürk: parts and root words
  • can Persian — soul, life; beloved1
  • Türk Turkic — Turk1

How was the name Cantürk formed?

Cantürk belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (can + Türk).

Which surnames are related to Cantürk?

Cantürk Öztürk Özcan Can Türkmen Şentürk Ercan Türkoğlu Ertürk Türk Türker Demircan Candan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Öztürk same root 8 586,831
02 Özcan same root 25 233,820
03 Can same root 27 230,085
04 Türkmen same root – –
05 Şentürk same root – –
06 Ercan same root – –
07 Türkoğlu same root – –
08 Ertürk same root – –
09 Türk same root – –
10 Türker same root – –
11 Demircan same root – –
12 Candan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Cantürk?

  1. Behçet Cantürk drug trafficker 1950–1994
  2. Fikri Cantürk writer 1933–2019
  3. Halil İbrahim Cantürk basketball official
  4. Hüsnü Cantürk screenwriter 1907–1979
  5. Kemal Cantürk politician 1926–2012
  6. Nuh Zafer Cantürk physician 1964–
  7. Mehmet Cantürk researcher
  8. Nuh Zafer Cantürk researcher

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

Is Cantürk also a first name?

Yes. Cantürk is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “Turk at heart”.

Cantürk as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: can accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Cantürk 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
  6. 6 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Cantürk

Q1

What does the surname Cantürk mean?

Cantürk joins can and Türk: “Turk at heart” or “dear Turk”. Can comes from Persian and means both “soul, life” and “beloved person”. Surnames ending in -türk form a large group expressing love of country and nation.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Cantürk?

The root word of Cantürk is can (Turkic): “soul, life; beloved”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Cantürk?

Can·türk, 2 syllables; IPA: /dʒanˈtyɾk/.