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Turk

in Iowa

There are 75 people with the last name "Turk" in Iowa.

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Turk 5,338
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  1. is 5,334th most common Stott
  2. is 5,335th most common Strohman
  3. is 5,336th most common Swim
  4. is 5,337th most common Tichy
  5. is 5,338th most common Turk
  6. is 5,339th most common Vandentop
  7. is 5,340th most common Vanderweide
  8. is 5,341st most common Vandewalle
  9. is 5,342nd most common Vesely

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Turk

Timothy, Beverly, David, Janet, John, Owen, Robert, Tom, Barbara, Bart

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 Iowa

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