Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 3,123

Tümen

Tümen /tyˈmen/ ASCII Tumen

“ten thousand; army division”2

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

How do you pronounce Tümen?

Tümen

IPA /tyˈmen/

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

What does the surname Tümen mean?

Tümen meant ‘ten thousand’ in Old Turkic and today names a large military unit, the division. Nişanyan notes that it is cognate with Mongolian tümen and Tocharian tmāne. According to Nişanyan Adlar the word served as the name of a military unit in the Chagatai and Timurid states and was adopted in Türkiye in this sense in the 1930s.2

Tümen is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Tümen made of?

Tümen is a single root: tümen (ten thousand; army division).

Tümen root tümen ten thousand; armydivision TURKIC tümen “ten thousand” Tümen tümen root ten thousand; army division tümen TURKIC “ten thousand”
Tümen: parts and root words
  • tümen Turkic — ten thousand2

How was the name Tümen formed?

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

Who are some well-known people named Tümen?

  1. Aydın Tümen politician 1963–
  2. Gülendam Tümen botanist
  3. Esra Tümen Dinçkök television presenter
  4. Semih Tümen researcher

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

Is Tümen also a first name?

Yes. Tümen is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “ten thousand; army division”.

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

How is Tümen written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Tumen (in German records also Tuemen).

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tümen accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Tümen 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 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Tümen

Q1

What does the surname Tümen mean?

Tümen meant ‘ten thousand’ in Old Turkic and today names a large military unit, the division. Nişanyan notes that it is cognate with Mongolian tümen and Tocharian tmāne. According to Nişanyan Adlar the word served as the name of a military unit in the Chagatai and Timurid states and was adopted in Türkiye in this sense in the 1930s.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tümen?

The root word of Tümen is tümen (Turkic): “ten thousand”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tümen?

Tü·men, 2 syllables; IPA: /tyˈmen/.