Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
TUREK
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| Origin | of Czech origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to some connection with an ethnic group |
| Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event | |
| Family name referring to the place of residence, origin or estate |
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The name is derived from the Czech ethnonym Turek meaning ‘Turk’ and refers to a similarity or a connection with the people or the area they inhabit (e.g. being assigned to Turks, an ex-serviceman of Turkish wars, or an assimilated captive) or a house sign. |