Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Töre

Töre /tøˈɾe/ ASCII Tore

“custom, customary law”3

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Töre?

Töre

IPA /tøˈɾe/

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

What does the surname Töre mean?

Töre is the body of settled rules of conduct, customs and moral norms of a community. It comes from Old Turkic törü, which in the early Turkic states also meant the unwritten law of the realm.3

Töre is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Töre made of?

Töre is a single root: töre (töre: custom, customary law, moral code).

Töre root töre töre: custom, customarylaw, moral code TURKIC töre “established rules ofconduct and customs of…” Töre töre root töre: custom, customary law, moralcode töre TURKIC “established rules of conduct andcustoms of a community; moral…”
Töre: parts and root words
  • töre Turkic — established rules of conduct and customs of a community; moral code (Old Turkic törü)3

How was the name Töre formed?

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

Which surnames are related to Töre?

Töre Türel Türeli Tören Törer Türeci
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Türel same root – –
02 Türeli same root – –
03 Tören same root – –
04 Törer same root – –
05 Türeci same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Töre most common?

Töre is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 26th in Hakkari.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari · rank 26 · 1,209 people Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Töre: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Hakkari261,209

Who are some well-known people named Töre?

  1. Gökhan Töre association football player 1992–
  2. Pınar Töre film actor 1979–
  3. Zorlu Töre politician 1956–
  4. Abdülkadir Töre composer 1873–1946
  5. Hakkı Töre physicist 1939–2011
  6. Umut Töre photographer 1977–
  7. Hüseyin Töre researcher
  8. Nurten Gizem Töre researcher

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

Is Töre also a first name?

Yes. Töre is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “custom, customary law”.

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

How is Töre written and pronounced abroad?

English-language records usually print Töre as Tore, dropping the diacritics.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: töre accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Töre 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
  7. 7 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Töre

Q1

What does the surname Töre mean?

Töre is the body of settled rules of conduct, customs and moral norms of a community. It comes from Old Turkic törü, which in the early Turkic states also meant the unwritten law of the realm.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Töre?

The root word of Töre is töre (Turkic): “established rules of conduct and customs of a community; moral code (Old Turkic törü)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Töre?

Tö·re, 2 syllables; IPA: /tøˈɾe/.