Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Tokat

Tokat /toˈkat/

“from Tokat (province)”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Place name
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 Tokat?

Tokat

IPA /toˈkat/

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

What does the surname Tokat mean?

Tokat is the name of a province and city in the Black Sea region, and the surname is identical with this place name. The city appears in Ottoman as Tokad and is traced to the Greek name Dokeia or Eudokia. The same form coincides with the Turkish word tokat, “slap”; in regional speech tokat also means a sheepfold or a field gate.1

That Tokat goes back to Tokat and tokat is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

Tokat is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Tokat made of?

Tokat combines Greek and Turkic elements in 1 parts: Tokat (province and city in the Black Sea region).

Tokat + root Tokat province and city in theBlack Sea region GREEK Tokat “province name; OttomanTokad, from Greek…” TURKIC tokat “slap; dialectalsheepfold, field gate” Tokat Tokat root province and city in the Black Searegion Tokat GREEK “province name; Ottoman Tokad,from Greek Dokeia or Eudokia” tokat TURKIC “slap; dialectal sheepfold, fieldgate”
Tokat: parts and root words
  • Tokat Greek — province name; Ottoman Tokad, from Greek Dokeia or Eudokia1
  • tokat Turkic — slap; dialectal sheepfold, field gate1

How was the name Tokat formed?

Tokat comes from a place name: Tokat (“province and city in the Black Sea region”).

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

Which surnames are related to Tokat?

Tokat Tokatlı Tokatlıoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Tokatlı same root – –
02 Tokatlıoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Tokat?

  1. Metin Tokat association football referee 1960–
  2. Altay Tokat politician 1940–
  3. Emin Aslan Tokat politician 1893–1960
  4. Talat Tokat association football referee 1937–
  5. Çağla Tokat competitive diver 1989–
  6. Eren Tokat association football player 1993–
  7. Nehir Tokat chess player 2005–
  8. Serkan Tokat association football referee

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Tokat accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: tokat 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

Common questions about Tokat

Q1

What does the surname Tokat mean?

Tokat is the name of a province and city in the Black Sea region, and the surname is identical with this place name. The city appears in Ottoman as Tokad and is traced to the Greek name Dokeia or Eudokia. The same form coincides with the Turkish word tokat, “slap”; in regional speech tokat also means a sheepfold or a field gate.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tokat?

The root word of Tokat is Tokat (Greek): “province name; Ottoman Tokad, from Greek Dokeia or Eudokia”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tokat?

To·kat, 2 syllables; IPA: /toˈkat/.