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Turk

in California

There are 791 people with the last name "Turk" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Turk 3,419
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  1. is 3,415th most common Lyles
  2. is 3,416th most common Ragsdale
  3. is 3,417th most common Dickens
  4. is 3,418th most common Switzer
  5. is 3,419th most common Turk
  6. is 3,420th most common Addison
  7. is 3,421st most common Coyne
  8. is 3,422nd most common Jacoby
  9. is 3,423rd most common Marlow

Similar Names and Nicknames

Turco, Torchia, Turkington, Turkel, Turkovich, Turck, Turko, Turchi, Turks, Turkowski

Most Common First Names for Turk

Michael, John, Thomas, Richard, David, Joseph, Nancy, James, Mark, Robert

Meaning & History

English (mainly Gloucestershire), Dutch, and German (also Türk): from Middle English, Old French turc, Middle High and Low German Turc ‘Turk’, from Turkish türk. In theory this could be an ethnic name but, both in England and northwest Europe, it is generally a nickname for a person with black hair and a swarthy complexion or a cruel, rowdy, or unruly person. The Dutch and German surname also represents a house name, derived from the use of a picture of a Turk as a house sign. It is also found as a nickname for someone who had taken part in the wars against the Turks.

English: from a medieval personal name, a back-formation from Turkel, misanalyzed as containing the Old French diminutive suffix -el.

Scottish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Tuirc, a patronymic from the byname Torc ‘boar’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ethnic name denoting someone from Turkey or anywhere in the Ottoman Empire, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Turk.

Americanized form of the Greek ethnic name Tourkos ‘Turk’. See also Turco.

Recent Searches for "Turk" in California

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Michael Turk, CA (9 searches)
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