Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 4,193

Teke

Teke /teˈce/

“billy goat”1

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
T
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Teke?

Teke

IPA /teˈce/

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

What does the surname Teke mean?

Teke is the word for a billy goat; it continues Old Turkic teke unchanged and survives in most Turkic languages. The same name is also recorded as the name of a historical Turkmen tribe. In everyday speech teke can also denote certain kinds of prawn.1

Teke is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Teke made of?

Teke is a single Turkic root: teke (billy goat).

Teke root teke billy goat TURKIC teke “billy goat, he-goat” Teke teke root billy goat teke TURKIC “billy goat, he-goat”
Teke: parts and root words
  • teke Turkic — billy goat, he-goat1

How was the name Teke formed?

Teke is the word teke (“billy goat”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Which surnames are related to Teke?

Teke Tekeli Tekelioğlu Özteke
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Tekeli same root – –
02 Tekelioğlu same root – –
03 Özteke same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Teke?

  1. Ümit Teke association football player 1980–
  2. Hakkı Teke politician 1955–
  3. Arzu Teke association football player 1985–
  4. Mehmet Yasin Teke researcher
  5. Oğuzhan Teke researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: teke accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Teke accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: teke 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

Common questions about Teke

Q1

What does the surname Teke mean?

Teke is the word for a billy goat; it continues Old Turkic teke unchanged and survives in most Turkic languages. The same name is also recorded as the name of a historical Turkmen tribe. In everyday speech teke can also denote certain kinds of prawn.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Teke?

The root word of Teke is teke (Turkic): “billy goat, he-goat”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Teke?

Te·ke, 2 syllables; IPA: /teˈce/.