Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Türkkan

Türkkan /tyɾkˈkan/ ASCII Turkkan

“Turkish blood”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
T
Contents§1–§11
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Abroad
  9. §9Sources
  10. §10Questions
  11. §11Related

How do you pronounce Türkkan?

Türkkan

IPA /tyɾkˈkan/

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

What does the surname Türkkan mean?

The surname is built from Türk and kan ‘blood’: ‘Turkish blood, Turkish lineage’. In some names the element kan is also linked to han ‘ruler’.1,2

Grammar Noun-plus-noun compound: Türk + kan.

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

What is Türkkan made of?

Türkkan breaks into 2 parts: türk (Turk) + kan (blood, lineage).

Türkkan ++ root türk Turk TURKIC Türk “Turk” suffix kan blood, lineage TURKIC kan “blood; descent” Türkkan türk root Turk Türk TURKIC “Turk” kan suffix blood, lineage kan TURKIC “blood; descent”
Türkkan: parts and root words
  • Türk Turkic — Turk1
  • kan Turkic — blood; descent2

How was the name Türkkan formed?

Türkkan belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (türk + kan).

Which surnames are related to Türkkan?

Türkkan Öztürk Özkan Alkan Türkmen Arıkan Şentürk Türkoğlu Ertürk Gürkan Türk Kandemir Türker
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 Özkan same root 22 245,254
03 Alkan same root – –
04 Türkmen same root – –
05 Arıkan same root – –
06 Şentürk same root – –
07 Türkoğlu same root – –
08 Ertürk same root – –
09 Gürkan same root – –
10 Türk same root – –
11 Kandemir same root – –
12 Türker same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Türkkan?

  1. Reha Oğuz Türkkan writer 1920–2010
  2. Seda Türkkan volleyball player 1984–
  3. Gözde Mimiko Türkkan photographer 1984–
  4. Murat Türkkan association football player 1983–
  5. Lütfü Türkkan politician 1959–
  6. Mehmet Orhan Türkkan politician 1910–1994
  7. Mehmet Türkkan association football player 1948–
  8. İbrahim Türkkan association football player 1983–

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

Is Türkkan also a first name?

Yes. Türkkan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “Turkish blood”.

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

How is Türkkan written and pronounced abroad?

Records outside Türkiye that lack Turkish characters normally show it as Turkkan.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Türk accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: kan accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Türkkan 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 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Türkkan

Q1

What does the surname Türkkan mean?

The surname is built from Türk and kan ‘blood’: ‘Turkish blood, Turkish lineage’. In some names the element kan is also linked to han ‘ruler’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Türkkan?

The root word of Türkkan is Türk (Turkic): “Turk”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Türkkan?

Türk·kan, 2 syllables; IPA: /tyɾkˈkan/.