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Turk

in the US

There are 8,703 people with the last name "Turk" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Turk 3,191
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  1. is 3,187th most common Newkirk
  2. is 3,188th most common Bostic
  3. is 3,189th most common Seward
  4. is 3,190th most common Younger
  5. is 3,191st most common Turk
  6. is 3,192nd most common Doll
  7. is 3,193rd most common Alderman
  8. is 3,194th most common Borges
  9. is 3,195th most common Tavares

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Turk

John, James, Michael, Robert, David, Richard, William, Mary, Joseph, Thomas

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 the US

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John Turk (99 searches)
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