Torok Family History

Hungarian (Török): ethnic name from török ‘Turkish’. The name was borne by people of ethnic Turkish descent but also sometimes given to people who were captured by the Turks or someone who had taken part in the wars against the Ottoman Empire (compare Turk 1 and ).

In other cases the surname may be a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name derived from the use of a picture of a Turk as a house sign.

The surname Török is also found in Slovakia where it is also spelled Tőrők.

Croatian: of Hungarian origin (see 1 above compare Turk ). This surname is very rare in Croatia.