Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Tokdemir

Tokdemir /tokdeˈmiɾ/

“tok + iron”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
T
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Tokdemir?

Tokdemir

IPA /tokdeˈmiɾ/

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

What does the surname Tokdemir mean?

An old-style name built from tok and demir ‘iron’. Nişanyan’s dictionary of names notes a Turkish commander named Toktemür in the time of the Egyptian Mamluks; temür is the old form of demir. Tok means ‘sated’ and also ‘dense, solid’.1,2

Grammar tok + demir; older form Toktemür.

That Tokdemir goes back to tok and demir is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Tokdemir made of?

Tokdemir breaks into 2 parts: tok (sated; dense, solid) + demir (iron).

Tokdemir + root tok sated; dense, solid TURKIC tok “sated; densely woven” root demir iron TURKIC demir “iron” Tokdemir tok root sated; dense, solid tok TURKIC “sated; densely woven” demir root iron demir TURKIC “iron”
Tokdemir: parts and root words
  • tok Turkic — sated; densely woven2
  • demir Turkic — iron1

How was the name Tokdemir formed?

Tokdemir belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (tok + demir).

Which surnames are related to Tokdemir?

Tokdemir Demir Özdemir Demirci Demirel Aydemir Demirtaş Kandemir Akdemir Taşdemir Demircan Toker Demirhan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Demir same root 3 876,934
02 Özdemir same root 10 556,378
03 Demirci same root – –
04 Demirel same root – –
05 Aydemir same root – –
06 Demirtaş same root – –
07 Kandemir same root – –
08 Akdemir same root – –
09 Taşdemir same root – –
10 Demircan same root – –
11 Toker same root – –
12 Demirhan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Tokdemir?

  1. Sera Tokdemir actor 1981–
  2. Halis Tokdemir politician 1920–2014
  3. Nurettin Tokdemir politician 1942–2018
  4. İsmet Tokdemir politician 1959–
  5. Umut Tokdemir association football player

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

Is Tokdemir also a first name?

Yes. Tokdemir is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “tok + iron”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Tokdemir accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: tok 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Tokdemir

Q1

What does the surname Tokdemir mean?

An old-style name built from tok and demir ‘iron’. Nişanyan’s dictionary of names notes a Turkish commander named Toktemür in the time of the Egyptian Mamluks; temür is the old form of demir. Tok means ‘sated’ and also ‘dense, solid’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tokdemir?

The root word of Tokdemir is tok (Turkic): “sated; densely woven”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tokdemir?

Tok·de·mir, 3 syllables; IPA: /tokdeˈmiɾ/.