Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Temizkan

Temizkan /temizˈkan/

“of pure blood”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Temizkan?

Temizkan

IPA /temizˈkan/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Temizkan mean?

Temiz “clean, pure” joins kan “blood”: “of pure blood, of clean stock”. Temiz is a loan from Arabic tamyīz; the head kan is Turkic.1,2

That Temizkan goes back to temiz and kan is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Temizkan made of?

Temizkan combines Arabic and Turkic elements in 2 parts: temiz (temiz: clean, pure) + kan (kan: blood; lineage).

Temizkan + root temiz temiz: clean, pure ARABIC temiz “clean, pure (from Arabictamyīz)” root kan kan: blood; lineage TURKIC kan “blood; figurativelylineage” Temizkan temiz root temiz: clean, pure temiz ARABIC “clean, pure (from Arabic tamyīz)” kan root kan: blood; lineage kan TURKIC “blood; figuratively lineage”
Temizkan: parts and root words
  • temiz Arabic — clean, pure (from Arabic tamyīz)2
  • kan Turkic — blood; figuratively lineage1

How was the name Temizkan formed?

Temizkan is a name newly coined from temiz (“temiz: clean, pure”) and kan (“kan: blood; lineage”) in the years of the surname law.

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

Which surnames are related to Temizkan?

Temizkan Özkan Alkan Arıkan Gürkan Kandemir Temiz Atakan Türkkan Durukan Demirkan Soykan Akkan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Özkan same root 22 245,254
02 Alkan same root – –
03 Arıkan same root – –
04 Gürkan same root – –
05 Kandemir same root – –
06 Temiz same root – –
07 Atakan same root – –
08 Türkkan same root – –
09 Durukan same root – –
10 Demirkan same root – –
11 Soykan same root – –
12 Akkan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Temizkan?

  1. Hakan Temizkan association football player 2004–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: temiz 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
  5. 5 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Temizkan

Q1

What does the surname Temizkan mean?

Temiz “clean, pure” joins kan “blood”: “of pure blood, of clean stock”. Temiz is a loan from Arabic tamyīz; the head kan is Turkic.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Temizkan?

Temizkan is made up of two elements: temiz “clean, pure (from Arabic tamyīz)” (Arabic) and kan “blood; figuratively lineage” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Temizkan?

Te·miz·kan, 3 syllables; IPA: /temizˈkan/.