Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Tosun

Tosun /toˈsun/

“young bull; strapping lad”2

Province lists
21
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Provinces
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Tosun?

Tosun

IPA /toˈsun/

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

What does the surname Tosun mean?

A tosun is a young bull, no longer a calf but not yet full-grown; a big, strapping young man is also called a tosun. Clauson traces the word to Proto-Turkic *tosun, “wild, untamed”. It is also used as a male given name.2

Tosun is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Tosun made of?

Tosun is a single root: tosun (young bull, bullock).

Tosun root tosun young bull, bullock TURKIC tosun “young bull; figurativelya strapping young man” Tosun tosun root young bull, bullock tosun TURKIC “young bull; figuratively astrapping young man”
Tosun: parts and root words
  • tosun Turkic — young bull; figuratively a strapping young man2

How was the name Tosun formed?

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

Where in Türkiye is Tosun most common?

Tosun is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 2 provinces; its best rank is 16th in Aksaray.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın · rank 30 · 2,784 people Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari 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 · rank 16 · 2,056 people 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 2
  • Not listed
Tosun: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Aydın302,784
02Aksaray162,056

Who are some well-known people named Tosun?

  1. Cenk Tosun association football player 1991–
  2. Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu amateur wrestler 1995–
  3. Hamide Bıkçın Tosun taekwondo athlete 1978–
  4. Erdal Tosun film actor 1963–2016
  5. Gülbin Tosun journalist 1977–
  6. Murat Tosun association football player 1984–
  7. Cansu Tosun actor 1988–
  8. Gürdal Tosun television actor 1967–2000

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

Is Tosun also a first name?

Yes. Tosun is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “young bull; strapping lad”.

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

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 Wiktionary: tosun 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Tosun

Q1

What does the surname Tosun mean?

A tosun is a young bull, no longer a calf but not yet full-grown; a big, strapping young man is also called a tosun. Clauson traces the word to Proto-Turkic *tosun, “wild, untamed”. It is also used as a male given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tosun?

The root word of Tosun is tosun (Turkic): “young bull; figuratively a strapping young man”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tosun?

To·sun, 2 syllables; IPA: /toˈsun/.