túrók

Török is a Hungarian surname and, less commonly, a given name. In Hungarian, török means “Turkish” or “a Turk,” and the name is typically understood as ethnonymic, originally applied to a person or family with connections to Turkish people, ancestry, or place-based associations in historical Hungary.

The surname Török is written with the Hungarian umlauted letter ö, preserving the language’s orthography. In non-Hungarian contexts, it may be rendered as Torok or Turok, reflecting adaptations to other alphabets and diacritic systems. Like many ethnonymic surnames, it can occur in various forms and migrations, with carriers found primarily among Hungarian-speaking communities and their descendants.

Distribution and usage of the name are strongest in Hungary, with presence among Hungarians in neighboring countries such as Romania, Slovakia, and Serbia, as well as in diaspora communities worldwide where Hungarian family names have been carried through generations. The name does not indicate a particular profession or status and is used across different generations and regions.

In broader terms, Török is part of a family of surnames in Central Europe derived from ethnonyms referring to Turkish ancestry or origins. Related surnames in other languages include Polish Turek and other Slavic or Turkic equivalents, which reflect similar roots in ethnonymic naming traditions.