Turek Family History
Turek Name Meaning
Czech Slovak Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Turek ‘Turk’ either an ethnic name for a Turk or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Turk in some way. Polish and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from any of several places called Turek in particular a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship. Croatian and Slovenian: nickname for a refugee from the Turks (i.e. the Ottoman Empire) in the 15th and 16th centuries from the ethnic name Turek ‘Turk’ (see Turk ). Slovenian: possibly also a nickname from any of various plants named turek e.g. a kind of flax or a mushroom of the genus Leccinium.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022