Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Türesan

Türesan /tyɾeˈsan/ ASCII Turesan

“renowned for custom”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
mixed
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 Türesan?

Türesan

IPA /tyɾeˈsan/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Türesan mean?

Türesan appears to combine türe, a form of töre ‘custom, law’, with san ‘fame, esteem’; it can be read ‘renowned for upholding custom’. According to Nişanyan, töre comes from Old Turkic törü ‘order, law, custom’, and san is Old Turkic san ‘number’, which also came to mean ‘esteem, fame’.1,2

Grammar türe (töre) + san.

That Türesan goes back to törü and san is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Türesan made of?

Türesan breaks into 2 parts: töre / türe (töre: custom, law) + san (san: fame, esteem).

Türesan + root töre / türe töre: custom, law TURKIC törü “order, law, custom” root san san: fame, esteem TURKIC san “number; fame, esteem” Türesan töre / türe root töre: custom, law törü TURKIC “order, law, custom” san root san: fame, esteem san TURKIC “number; fame, esteem”
Türesan: parts and root words
  • törü Turkic — order, law, custom1
  • san Turkic — number; fame, esteem2

How was the name Türesan formed?

Türesan belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (töre / türe + san).

Which surnames are related to Türesan?

Türesan Türe Saner Arsan Baysan Yücesan Arısan Sander Göksan Başsan Erksan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Türe same root – –
02 Saner same root – –
03 Arsan same root – –
04 Baysan same root – –
05 Yücesan same root – –
06 Arısan same root – –
07 Sander same root – –
08 Göksan same root – –
09 Başsan same root – –
10 Erksan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Türesan?

  1. Hazal Türesan acting coach 1985–

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

How is Türesan written and pronounced abroad?

In foreign records the name often appears as Turesan.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: töre accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: san 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

Common questions about Türesan

Q1

What does the surname Türesan mean?

Türesan appears to combine türe, a form of töre ‘custom, law’, with san ‘fame, esteem’; it can be read ‘renowned for upholding custom’. According to Nişanyan, töre comes from Old Turkic törü ‘order, law, custom’, and san is Old Turkic san ‘number’, which also came to mean ‘esteem, fame’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Türesan?

The root word of Türesan is törü (Turkic): “order, law, custom”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Türesan?

Tü·re·san, 3 syllables; IPA: /tyɾeˈsan/.