Turnšek

surname · Latin script

/t̪urnʂe˨˦k/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • SISlovenia1 in 2.7K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 108K
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 649K

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.

Slovenia (measured from records)

779 people

Sources
30 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovenia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Turnsek in US United States, DE Germany, CA Canada 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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Turnšek 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 Turnšek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SI Slovenia#2587791 in 2.7K779Turnšek24
DE Germany—≈69 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Turnsek28
HR Croatia—391 in 108K39Turnšek9
US United States—≈22 est.≈1 in 15M—Turnsek30
CA Canada—≈12 est.≈1 in 3.2M—Turnsek14
RS Serbia—≈11 est.≈1 in 649K—Turnšek2
CH Switzerland—91 in 934K9—2
PY Paraguay—≈7 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Turnsek1

779 people counted by stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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: stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); 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)

Turnšek is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Turnsek

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Slovenia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Turnsek

  • Slovak surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia

    Also written Turnsek

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Turnsek

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Турншек

  • Italian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Turnsek

1 further group 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Dragica Turnšek, b. 1932Tit Turnšek, b. 1938Marjan Turnšek, b. 1955Goran Turnšek, b. 1978Maja Turnšek, b. 1982

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)

FormalPoštovani Turnšek,Dear Turnšek, (English)
InformalPoštovani Turnšek,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Turnšek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—779#273
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202139#15,645
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202139—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Turnšek?
A machine transcription gives /t̪urnʂe˨˦k/ (IPA) for Croatian.
In which country does Turnšek have the most bearers?
In Slovenia, the national register counted about 779 people named Turnšek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled turnšek.
Where is Turnšek most common?
Turnšek is densest in Slovenia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Turnšek?
In Slovenia, the national register counted 779 people named Turnšek, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
How common is Turnšek compared with other names?
In Slovenia, Turnšek is the 258th most common surname of 13,062 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Turnšek” — the 258th most common surname in Slovenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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