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    The surname Turk

    A surname, carried by 10,354 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /tɝk/ 1 syllable Soundex T620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Turk is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Medieval Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,354 people named Turk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,819 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,021.

    #3,450
    rank among US surnames
    10,354
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,277)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,441Fugate10,37529,759
    #3,442Noll10,37429,761
    #3,443Lafferty10,37329,764
    #3,444McMillen10,37129,770
    #3,445Healey10,37029,773
    #3,447Burge10,36429,790
    #3,448Aldana10,36229,796

    Who is named Turk

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    84% of people named Turk identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Turks

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Volker Türk
      Austrian politician and United Nations human rights chief (born 1965)
    • Roy Turk
      American songwriter and lyricist (1892-1934)
    • Gavin Turk
      British artist (born 1967)

    Notable Turks come mostly from Austria (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Turke

    Surnames that sound like Turk

    Turk has the Soundex code T620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Turk come from?
    From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Medieval Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more.
    How common is the surname Turk?
    10,354 people in the United States had the surname Turk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,819 Americans. It ranked 3,450th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Turk?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Turk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Turk?
    Volker Türk, Austrian politician and United Nations human rights chief (born 1965), followed by Roy Turk.
    Where is the surname Turk most common?
    Wikidata records people named Turk in Austria, the United States and the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Turk?
    Turk is /tɝk/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Turk getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,354 in 2010, up 3.3%.
    What are other spellings of Turk?
    Turke.