Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
TÖRÖK
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| Origin | of Hungarian origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to the place of residence, origin or estate |
| Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event | |
| Family name referring to some connection with an ethnic group |
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The name is derived from the Hungarian ethnonym török meaning ‘Ottoman, Turkish’ and refers to origin from a part of historical Hungary occupied by the Ottoman Empire between 1541–1699, a similarity or a connection (some type, usually not descendence) with the people. |