Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 994

Çekim

Çekim /tʃeˈkim/ ASCII Cekim

“attraction, appeal”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
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Formation
Suffixed
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Çekim?

Çekim

IPA /tʃeˈkim/

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

What does the surname Çekim mean?

Çekim is a noun from çekmek “to pull, to draw”; it means “pulling” and the force by which one body draws another, i.e. attraction, appeal. As a surname it suggests a magnetic, appealing personality.2

Grammar Verb stem çek- + noun suffix -im.

That Çekim goes back to çekim is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

Çekim is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Çekim made of?

Çekim breaks into 2 parts: çek- (çekmek: to pull, to draw) + -im (noun-forming suffix).

Çekim + root çek- çekmek: to pull, to draw TURKIC çekim “pulling; force ofattraction, appeal;…” suffix -im noun-forming suffix Çekim çek- root çekmek: to pull, to draw çekim TURKIC “pulling; force of attraction,appeal; grammatical inflection” -im suffix noun-forming suffix
Çekim: parts and root words
  • çekim Turkic — pulling; force of attraction, appeal; grammatical inflection2

How was the name Çekim formed?

Çekim belongs to the “suffixed” class of surnames (çek- + -im).

Which surnames are related to Çekim?

Çekim Çeken Çekmez
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
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01 Çeken same root – –
02 Çekmez same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Çekim most common?

Çekim is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 29th in Iğdır.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 Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır · rank 29 · 652 people Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Çekim: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Iğdır29652

How is Çekim written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is written Cekim in English and German records.

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 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çekim accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: çekmek 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Çekim

Q1

What does the surname Çekim mean?

Çekim is a noun from çekmek “to pull, to draw”; it means “pulling” and the force by which one body draws another, i.e. attraction, appeal. As a surname it suggests a magnetic, appealing personality.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Çekim?

The root word of Çekim is çekim (Turkic): “pulling; force of attraction, appeal; grammatical inflection”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Çekim?

Çe·kim, 2 syllables; IPA: /tʃeˈkim/.