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Tepe

Tepe /teˈpe/

“hill, summit”3

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Tepe?

Tepe

IPA /teˈpe/

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

What does the surname Tepe mean?

Tepe means a hill rising from the plain and the highest point of anything. It comes from Old Turkic tepe or töpü ‘top of a mountain or of the head’. Many villages, in Diyarbakır, Mersin and elsewhere, are also named Tepe.3

Grammar Bare noun.

Tepe is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Tepe made of?

Tepe is a single root: tepe (hill; top, summit).

Tepe + root tepe hill; top, summit TURKIC tepe “hill; top of something” TURKIC tepe “Old Turkic tepe/töpü‘top of a mountain or…’” Tepe tepe root hill; top, summit tepe TURKIC “hill; top of something” tepe TURKIC “Old Turkic tepe/töpü ‘top of amountain or the head’”
Tepe: parts and root words
  • tepe Turkic — hill; top of something3
  • tepe Turkic — Old Turkic tepe/töpü ‘top of a mountain or the head’3

How was the name Tepe formed?

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

Which surnames are related to Tepe?

Tepe Boztepe Göktepe Karatepe Kocatepe Yeşiltepe Göztepe Akçatepe Aktepe Kartaltepe Kızıltepe Yüksektepe Adatepe
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Boztepe same root – –
02 Göktepe same root – –
03 Karatepe same root – –
04 Kocatepe same root – –
05 Yeşiltepe same root – –
06 Göztepe same root – –
07 Akçatepe same root – –
08 Aktepe same root – –
09 Kartaltepe same root – –
10 Kızıltepe same root – –
11 Yüksektepe same root – –
12 Adatepe same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Tepe?

  1. Gökhan Tepe actor 1978–
  2. Muhammet Taha Tepe association football player 2001–
  3. Ayşe Dudu Tepe writer 1980–
  4. Eyüp Tepe statesperson 1967–
  5. Nurtekin Tepe politician 1967–
  6. Bektaş Tepe researcher
  7. Beyza Tepe researcher
  8. Burak Tepe researcher

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Tepe 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Tepe

Q1

What does the surname Tepe mean?

Tepe means a hill rising from the plain and the highest point of anything. It comes from Old Turkic tepe or töpü ‘top of a mountain or of the head’. Many villages, in Diyarbakır, Mersin and elsewhere, are also named Tepe.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tepe?

The root word of Tepe is tepe (Turkic): “hill; top of something”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tepe?

Te·pe, 2 syllables; IPA: /teˈpe/.