Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Durmuş

Durmuş /duɾˈmuʃ/ ASCII Durmus

“he has stayed (a wish name)”2

Province lists
21
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
From a verb
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Durmuş?

Durmuş

IPA /duɾˈmuʃ/

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

What does the surname Durmuş mean?

The -muş form of durmak, “to stay, to remain”: “he has stayed”. It belongs to the wish names given with the hope “may this child stay with us and live”; Dursun and Yaşar come from the same tradition. It is a common male given name.2

Grammar Evidential past or participle of durmak (dur- + -muş).

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

What is Durmuş made of?

Durmuş is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: dur- (durmak: to stay, to remain, to stand) + -muş (evidential past / participle).

Durmuş + root dur- durmak: to stay, toremain, to stand TURKIC durmak “to stand, to stay; toremain, to last” suffix -muş evidential past /participle Durmuş dur- root durmak: to stay, to remain, to stand durmak TURKIC “to stand, to stay; to remain, tolast” -muş suffix evidential past / participle
Durmuş: parts and root words
  • durmak Turkic — to stand, to stay; to remain, to last2

How was the name Durmuş formed?

Durmuş was formed by adding the suffix -muş (“evidential past / participle”) to the verb stem dur- (“durmak: to stay, to remain, to stand”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Durmuş?

Durmuş Durmaz Dursun Duran Duru Durak Durgun Durdu Akdur Erduran Durmuşoğlu Dur Durmazel
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Durmaz same root – –
02 Dursun same root – –
03 Duran same root – –
04 Duru same root – –
05 Durak same root – –
06 Durgun same root – –
07 Durdu same root – –
08 Akdur same root – –
09 Erduran same root – –
10 Durmuşoğlu same root – –
11 Dur same root – –
12 Durmazel same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Durmuş most common?

Durmuş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 2 provinces; its best rank is 15th in Artvin.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin · rank 15 · 1,111 people 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 · rank 25 · 363 people Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 2
  • Not listed
Durmuş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Artvin151,111
02Bayburt25363

Who are some well-known people named Durmuş?

  1. İlkay Durmuş association football player 1994–
  2. Osman Durmuş politician 1947–2020
  3. Ali Nail Durmuş association football player 1970–
  4. Besim Durmuş association football player 1965–
  5. Muhammed Enes Durmuş association football player 1997–
  6. Ayten Durmuş writer 1966–
  7. Gökhan Durmuş association football player 1986–
  8. Mehmet Hayri Durmuş revolutionary 1955–1982

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

Is Durmuş also a first name?

Yes. Durmuş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “he has stayed (a wish name)”.

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

How is Durmuş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Durmuş is usually written Durmus.

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 Wiktionary: durmak accessed 9 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Durmuş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Durmuş

Q1

What does the surname Durmuş mean?

The -muş form of durmak, “to stay, to remain”: “he has stayed”. It belongs to the wish names given with the hope “may this child stay with us and live”; Dursun and Yaşar come from the same tradition. It is a common male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Durmuş?

The root word of Durmuş is durmak (Turkic): “to stand, to stay; to remain, to last”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Durmuş?

Dur·muş, 2 syllables; IPA: /duɾˈmuʃ/.