Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 4,388

Türk

/tyɾc/ ASCII Turk

“Turk”2

Province lists
11
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 1
Formation
Plain noun
Vowel harmony
front
Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Türk?

Türk

IPA /tyɾc/

What does the surname Türk mean?

Türk is the name of the Turkish nation and of a person belonging to it. It appears as Türük in the 8th-century Orkhon inscriptions and has been in use since the oldest written records of Turkish. It is the second element of many surnames such as Öztürk and Ertürk.2

Türk is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Türk made of?

Türk is a single Turkic root: Türk (Turk; Turkish).

Türk root Türk Turk; Turkish TURKIC Türk “Turk; Old Turkic Türük” Türk Türk root Turk; Turkish Türk TURKIC “Turk; Old Turkic Türük”
Türk: parts and root words
  • Türk Turkic — Turk; Old Turkic Türük2

How was the name Türk formed?

Türk is the word Türk (“Turk; Turkish”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Türk?

Türk Öztürk Türkmen Şentürk Türkoğlu Ertürk Türker Aktürk Kocatürk Türkyılmaz Baştürk Türkkan Türkay
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 Türker same root – –
07 Aktürk same root – –
08 Kocatürk same root – –
09 Türkyılmaz same root – –
10 Baştürk same root – –
11 Türkkan same root – –
12 Türkay same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Türk most common?

Türk is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 18th in Bayburt.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın 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 Bayburt · rank 18 · 489 people 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
Türk: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Bayburt18489

Who are some well-known people named Türk?

  1. Ahmet Türk politician 1942–
  2. Tuğba Melis Türk film actor 1990–
  3. Hasan Türk association football player 1993–
  4. Oğuzhan Türk association football player 1986–
  5. Dilâra Türk association football player 1996–
  6. Hikmet Sami Türk politician 1935–
  7. Eray Türk actor 1986–
  8. Onur Türk association football player 1988–

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

Is Türk also a first name?

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

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

How is Türk written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Türk is usually written Turk or Tuerk.

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 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: Türk accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Türk accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) 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 9 November 2026

Common questions about Türk

Q1

What does the surname Türk mean?

Türk is the name of the Turkish nation and of a person belonging to it. It appears as Türük in the 8th-century Orkhon inscriptions and has been in use since the oldest written records of Turkish. It is the second element of many surnames such as Öztürk and Ertürk.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Türk?

The root word of Türk is Türk (Turkic): “Turk; Old Turkic Türük”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Türk?

Türk, 1 syllable; IPA: /tyɾc/.