Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Zeyrek

Zeyrek /zejˈɾek/

“perceptive, clever”2

Province lists
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province top-30s
Letters / syllables
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Formation
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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 Zeyrek?

Zeyrek

IPA /zejˈɾek/

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

What does the surname Zeyrek mean?

Zeyrek, a word of Persian origin, means “perceptive, alert, clever”. It is also the name of a quarter of Istanbul and of several neighbourhoods in Anatolia.2

Zeyrek is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Zeyrek made of?

Zeyrek is a single Persian root: zeyrek (zeyrek: perceptive, quick-witted).

Zeyrek root zeyrek zeyrek: perceptive,quick-witted PERSIAN zeyrek “perceptive, alert,clever” Zeyrek zeyrek root zeyrek: perceptive, quick-witted zeyrek PERSIAN “perceptive, alert, clever”
Zeyrek: parts and root words
  • zeyrek Persian — perceptive, alert, clever2

How was the name Zeyrek formed?

Zeyrek is the adjective zeyrek (“zeyrek: perceptive, quick-witted”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.4

Where in Türkiye is Zeyrek most common?

Zeyrek is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 14th in Şırnak.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 Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak · rank 14 · 2,313 people Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Zeyrek: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Şırnak142,313

Who are some well-known people named Zeyrek?

  1. Ferdi Zeyrek politician 1977–2025
  2. Mehmet Zeyrek physicist 1960–
  3. Deniz Zeyrek journalist 1972–
  4. Tugay Zeyrek hairdresser 1993–
  5. Turgut Haci Zeyrek university teacher 1967–
  6. Can Zeyrek social scientist 1973–
  7. Tuğba Zeyrek researcher

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

Is Zeyrek also a first name?

Yes. Zeyrek is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “perceptive, clever”.

Zeyrek 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 Vikisözlük: zeyrek 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 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Zeyrek

Q1

What does the surname Zeyrek mean?

Zeyrek, a word of Persian origin, means “perceptive, alert, clever”. It is also the name of a quarter of Istanbul and of several neighbourhoods in Anatolia.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Zeyrek?

The root word of Zeyrek is zeyrek (Persian): “perceptive, alert, clever”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Zeyrek?

Zey·rek, 2 syllables; IPA: /zejˈɾek/.