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Tuna

Tuna /tuˈna/

“the Danube”2

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Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Tuna?

Tuna

IPA /tuˈna/

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

What does the surname Tuna mean?

Tuna is the Turkish name of the Danube, the great river rising in central Europe and flowing into the Black Sea; Ottoman wrote it طونه. It held an important place in Ottoman history as frontier and highway. It is also used as a male and female given name.2

That Tuna goes back to Tuna is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Tuna made of?

Tuna is a single root: Tuna (the Danube).

Tuna root Tuna the Danube OTHER Tuna “the Danube (Ottomanطونه)” Tuna Tuna root the Danube Tuna OTHER “the Danube (Ottoman طونه)”
Tuna: parts and root words
  • Tuna Other — the Danube (Ottoman طونه)2

How was the name Tuna formed?

Tuna belongs to the “place name” class of surnames.

Which surnames are related to Tuna?

Tuna Tunalı Tunakan Öztuna Aktuna Öztunalı Tunaboylu Tunahan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Tunalı same root – –
02 Tunakan same root – –
03 Öztuna same root – –
04 Aktuna same root – –
05 Öztunalı same root – –
06 Tunaboylu same root – –
07 Tunahan same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Tuna most common?

Tuna is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 29th in Edirne.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne · rank 29 · 1,087 people 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 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
Tuna: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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01Edirne291,087

Who are some well-known people named Tuna?

  1. Onur Tuna actor 1985–
  2. Tamer Tuna association football player 1976–
  3. Mustafa Tuna politician 1957–
  4. Berk Tuna athletics competitor 1976–
  5. Aşkın Tuna athletics competitor 1940–
  6. Emine Tuna athletics competitor 1995–
  7. Halil İbrahim Tuna association football player 1993–
  8. Perihan Tuna actor 1955–2014

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

Is Tuna also a first name?

Yes. Tuna is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “the Danube”.

Tuna 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: Tuna 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 Tuna

Q1

What does the surname Tuna mean?

Tuna is the Turkish name of the Danube, the great river rising in central Europe and flowing into the Black Sea; Ottoman wrote it طونه. It held an important place in Ottoman history as frontier and highway. It is also used as a male and female given name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Tuna?

The root word of Tuna is Tuna (another language): “the Danube (Ottoman طونه)”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Tuna?

Tu·na, 2 syllables; IPA: /tuˈna/.