Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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İpek

İpek /iˈpec/ ASCII Ipek

“silk”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
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 İpek?

İpek

IPA /iˈpec/

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

What does the surname İpek mean?

İpek is silk, the lustrous fibre drawn from the silkworm’s cocoon and the cloth woven from it. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *yïpak and shares its root with ip, “string, rope”. It carries an image of fineness and value, and it is a popular female given name.2

İpek is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is İpek made of?

İpek is a single root: ipek (silk).

İpek root ipek silk TURKIC ipek “silk” İpek ipek root silk ipek TURKIC “silk”
İpek: parts and root words
  • ipek Turkic — silk2

How was the name İpek formed?

İpek belongs to the “plain noun” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to İpek?

İpek İpekçi İpekkaya Özipek
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 İpekçi same root – –
02 İpekkaya same root – –
03 Özipek same root – –

Where in Türkiye is İpek most common?

İpek is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 23rd in Çorum.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum · rank 23 · 1,671 people 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 Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
İpek: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Çorum231,671

Who are some well-known people named İpek?

  1. Emrah İpek actor 1971–
  2. Ozan İpek association football player 1986–
  3. Kenan İpek judge 1959–
  4. Assiya İpek weightlifter 1993–
  5. Akın İpek businessperson 1963–
  6. Hasan İpek bureaucrat 1959–
  7. Mahir İpek actor 1972–
  8. Akın İpek businessperson 1963–

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

Is İpek also a first name?

Yes. İpek is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “silk”.

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

How is İpek written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey İpek is usually written Ipek.

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: ipek 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about İpek

Q1

What does the surname İpek mean?

İpek is silk, the lustrous fibre drawn from the silkworm’s cocoon and the cloth woven from it. The word goes back to Proto-Turkic *yïpak and shares its root with ip, “string, rope”. It carries an image of fineness and value, and it is a popular female given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname İpek?

The root word of İpek is ipek (Turkic): “silk”.
Q3

How do you pronounce İpek?

İ·pek, 2 syllables; IPA: /iˈpec/.