Türke

surname · Latin script

Meaning: usually from Turk, often a byname from a Turkish soldier or captive; sometimes from Thuring

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈtʏʁkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Türke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 97K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M
  • CNChina≈1 in 116K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈12,000 people, est.

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 97K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Turke in US United States, CN China, CH Switzerland and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

usually from Turk, often a byname from a Turkish soldier or captive; sometimes from Thuring

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 30 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Türke counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Türke is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈12,000 est.≈1 in 116K—Turke1
DE Germany≈820 est.≈1 in 97K—Türke49
US United States2091 in 1.6M221Turke119
BR Brazil1021 in 2.1M102——
AT Austria≈42 est.≈1 in 213K—Türke11
CH Switzerland181 in 467K18Turke6
SG Singapore≈11 est.≈1 in 582K—Turke1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Türke is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Turke, Turķę

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Turke

  • Czech surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Turke

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Guatemala, Chile

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Turke

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Turke, Turké, Türķě

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Turke

  • Hungarian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Turke

9 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Türke is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Turk

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German

  • In German, a Turk (native or inhabitant of Turkey, person of Turkish descent)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Otto Türke, b. 1832Georg Türke, b. 1884Kurt Türke, b. 1920András István Türke, b. 1980Katharina Türke, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Türke, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Türke
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202418#39,486

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Türke mean, and where does it come from?
usually from Turk, often a byname from a Turkish soldier or captive; sometimes from Thuring Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Türke?
A machine transcription gives /ˈtʏʁkə/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Türke have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Türke in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled turke.
How common is the name Türke?
In the United States, the national register counted 209 people named Türke in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Türke”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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