Turk Family Crest & Name History

Turk is how some branches of the Turek family came to write their name. Its meaning, shared with Turek, is “Turk”.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Turk family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Turk and Turek

Turk drops the “e” of Turek, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Turka.

Turk ranked 3,450 in the 2010 US Census, with 10,354 people answering to the name. Between 1891 and 2000, 553 babies born in France were registered as Turk, with the most births in 1991–2000. For the full story, order the Turk surname pack.