Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Çorum

Çorum /ˈtʃoɾum/ ASCII Corum

“Çorum (city)”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Place name
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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 Çorum?

Çorum

IPA /ˈtʃoɾum/

The stress usually falls on syllable 1 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Çorum mean?

Çorum is the city at the centre of the province of the same name in north-central Anatolia. The surname carries this place name directly. Several explanations of the city’s name have been offered, none of them settled.1

What is Çorum made of?

Çorum is a single root: Çorum (Çorum: province and city in northern Anatolia).

Çorum root Çorum Çorum: province and cityin northern Anatolia UNKNOWN Çorum “province name innorthern Anatolia” Çorum Çorum root Çorum: province and city in northernAnatolia Çorum UNKNOWN “province name in northernAnatolia”
Çorum: parts and root words
  • Çorum unknown — province name in northern Anatolia1

How was the name Çorum formed?

Çorum comes from a place name: Çorum (“Çorum: province and city in northern Anatolia”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Which surnames are related to Çorum?

#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Çorumlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Çorum?

  1. Ada Naz Çorum basketball player 2004–
  2. Haydar Çorum politician 1980–
  3. Orhan Çorum researcher

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

How is Çorum written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records without Turkish letters it usually appears as Corum.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikipedi: Çorum accessed 9 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Çorum 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 Çorum

Q1

What does the surname Çorum mean?

Çorum is the city at the centre of the province of the same name in north-central Anatolia. The surname carries this place name directly. Several explanations of the city’s name have been offered, none of them settled.
Q2

How do you pronounce Çorum?

Ço·rum, 2 syllables; IPA: /ˈtʃoɾum/.