Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Türkaslan

Türkaslan /tyɾkasˈɫan/ ASCII Turkaslan

“Turkish lion”2

Letters / syllables
9 / 3
Formation
Compound
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 Türkaslan?

Türkaslan

IPA /tyɾkasˈɫan/

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

What does the surname Türkaslan mean?

Built from Türk and aslan ‘lion’: ‘Turkish lion’. According to Nişanyan, aslan comes from Old Turkic arslan, cognate with Mongolian arslan. The name Türk goes back to Old Turkic Türük; Nişanyan regards a link with törü- ‘to create, set in order’ as uncertain.1,2

Grammar Türk + aslan.

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

What is Türkaslan made of?

Türkaslan breaks into 2 parts: türk (Türk: Turk) + aslan (aslan: lion).

Türkaslan + first element türk Türk: Turk TURKIC Türk “the name Türk” root aslan aslan: lion TURKIC aslan “lion” Türkaslan türk first element Türk: Turk Türk TURKIC “the name Türk” aslan root aslan: lion aslan TURKIC “lion”
Türkaslan: parts and root words
  • Türk Turkic — the name Türk2
  • aslan Turkic — lion1

How was the name Türkaslan formed?

Türkaslan belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (türk + aslan).

Which surnames are related to Türkaslan?

Türkaslan Öztürk Aslan Şentürk Türkoğlu Ertürk Türk Türker Karaaslan Aktürk Eraslan Kocatürk Türkyılmaz
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 Aslan same root 14 409,459
03 Şentürk same root – –
04 Türkoğlu same root – –
05 Ertürk same root – –
06 Türk same root – –
07 Türker same root – –
08 Karaaslan same root – –
09 Aktürk same root – –
10 Eraslan same root – –
11 Kocatürk same root – –
12 Türkyılmaz same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Türkaslan?

  1. Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan association football player 1994–2023

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

How is Türkaslan written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language and other foreign records the name is usually written Turkaslan.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: aslan 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Türkaslan

Q1

What does the surname Türkaslan mean?

Built from Türk and aslan ‘lion’: ‘Turkish lion’. According to Nişanyan, aslan comes from Old Turkic arslan, cognate with Mongolian arslan. The name Türk goes back to Old Turkic Türük; Nişanyan regards a link with törü- ‘to create, set in order’ as uncertain.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Türkaslan?

The root word of Türkaslan is Türk (Turkic): “the name Türk”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Türkaslan?

Tür·kas·lan, 3 syllables; IPA: /tyɾkasˈɫan/.