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Turk

in Illinois

There are 404 people with the last name "Turk" in Illinois.

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Turk 2,737
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  1. is 2,733rd most common Dewey
  2. is 2,734th most common Karas
  3. is 2,735th most common Mcleod
  4. is 2,736th most common Nagy
  5. is 2,737th most common Turk
  6. is 2,738th most common Bales
  7. is 2,739th most common Christie
  8. is 2,740th most common Cruse
  9. is 2,741st most common Hartwig

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Turk

Frank, Michael, James, Steven, William, Charles, Joseph, Mary, Robert, Daniel

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.

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Frank Turk, IL (9 searches)
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