Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Tümtürk

Tümtürk /tymˈtyɾk/ ASCII Tumturk

“wholly Turkish”1

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

How do you pronounce Tümtürk?

Tümtürk

IPA /tymˈtyɾk/

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

What does the surname Tümtürk mean?

Tümtürk is a compound of tüm ‘whole, entire’ and Türk, read as ‘wholly Turkish’. According to Nişanyan, tüm comes from Old Turkic tüm ‘ball, round thing’. Compounds in -türk such as Öztürk and Ertürk are frequent among 1934 surnames.1,2

Grammar tüm + Türk.

That Tümtürk goes back to tüm and Türk is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Tümtürk made of?

Tümtürk is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: tüm (whole, entire) + Türk (Turk).

Tümtürk + root tüm whole, entire TURKIC tüm “whole; Old Turkic ‘ball,round thing’” root Türk Turk TURKIC Türk “name of a people” Tümtürk tüm root whole, entire tüm TURKIC “whole; Old Turkic ‘ball, roundthing’” Türk root Turk Türk TURKIC “name of a people”
Tümtürk: parts and root words
  • tüm Turkic — whole; Old Turkic ‘ball, round thing’1
  • Türk Turkic — name of a people2

How was the name Tümtürk formed?

Tümtürk is a name newly coined from tüm (“whole, entire”) and Türk (“Turk”) in the years of the surname law.

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

Which surnames are related to Tümtürk?

Tümtürk Öztürk Türkmen Şentürk Türkoğlu Ertürk Türk Türker Aktürk Tümer Kocatürk Türkyılmaz Baştürk
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Öztürk same root 8 586,831
02 Türkmen same root – –
03 Şentürk same root – –
04 Türkoğlu same root – –
05 Ertürk same root – –
06 Türk same root – –
07 Türker same root – –
08 Aktürk same root – –
09 Tümer same root – –
10 Kocatürk same root – –
11 Türkyılmaz same root – –
12 Baştürk same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Tümtürk?

  1. Mehmet Fazıl Tümtürk politician 1881–1940
  2. Yılmaz Tümtürk writer
  3. Mustafa Tümtürk dermatologist 1984–
  4. Oğuz Tümtürk researcher

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

How is Tümtürk written and pronounced abroad?

Without Turkish letters the name is usually written Tumturk (in German records also Tuemtuerk).

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tüm accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: Türk 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Tümtürk

Q1

What does the surname Tümtürk mean?

Tümtürk is a compound of tüm ‘whole, entire’ and Türk, read as ‘wholly Turkish’. According to Nişanyan, tüm comes from Old Turkic tüm ‘ball, round thing’. Compounds in -türk such as Öztürk and Ertürk are frequent among 1934 surnames.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tümtürk?

Tümtürk is made up of two elements: tüm “whole; Old Turkic ‘ball, round thing’” (Turkic) and Türk “name of a people” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Tümtürk?

Tüm·türk, 2 syllables; IPA: /tymˈtyɾk/.