Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Zengin

Zengin /zenˈɟin/

“rich, wealthy”2

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

How do you pronounce Zengin?

Zengin

IPA /zenˈɟin/

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

What does the surname Zengin mean?

Zengin means rich, wealthy, well-off; figuratively also “abundant”, as in zengin bir kütüphane, “a rich library”. The word comes from Persian sangīn, “heavy”, and replaced the older Turkish word bay. The surname carries a wish for wealth and plenty.2

Zengin is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Zengin made of?

Zengin is a single Persian root: zengin (rich, wealthy).

Zengin root zengin rich, wealthy PERSIAN sangīn “heavy” Zengin zengin root rich, wealthy sangīn PERSIAN “heavy”
Zengin: parts and root words
  • sangīn Persian — heavy2

How was the name Zengin formed?

Zengin is the adjective zengin (“rich, wealthy”), taken unchanged as a surname.

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

Where in Türkiye is Zengin most common?

Zengin is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 18th in Gümüşhane.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 · rank 18 · 850 people 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
Zengin: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
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Who are some well-known people named Zengin?

  1. Erkan Zengin association football player 1985–
  2. Tolga Zengin association football player 1983–
  3. İbrahim Zengin amateur wrestler 1931–2013
  4. Kerim Zengin association football player 1985–
  5. Ulaş Zengin association football player 1997–
  6. Özlem Zengin politician 1969–
  7. Suzan Zengin translator 1959–2011
  8. Bahri Zengin politician 1942–2011

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

Is Zengin also a first name?

Yes. Zengin is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “rich, wealthy”.

Zengin 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: sangīn accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: zengin 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 Zengin

Q1

What does the surname Zengin mean?

Zengin means rich, wealthy, well-off; figuratively also “abundant”, as in zengin bir kütüphane, “a rich library”. The word comes from Persian sangīn, “heavy”, and replaced the older Turkish word bay. The surname carries a wish for wealth and plenty.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Zengin?

The root word of Zengin is sangīn (Persian): “heavy”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Zengin?

Zen·gin, 2 syllables; IPA: /zenˈɟin/.