Talas is a surname and a masculine given name in Turkey. It is used as a surname in Finland and was cited as one of the most common surnames of Finnish nationals by the Population Register Centre in 2023. In Turkish it has various meanings, including dust raised by the wind, storm, hurricane and corner.
Notable people with the name include:
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Cahit Talas (1917–2006), Turkish academic
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Onni Talas
Onni Eugen Aleksander Talas (15 June 1877 – 3 May 1958; till 1895 Gratschoff) was a Finnish lawyer, politician, professor and diplomat, and was a member of the Senate of Finland.
Talas was born in Lappeenranta. He was the Chargé d'affaires ...
(1877–1958), Finnish lawyer and politician
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Zsuzsanna Király-Tálas (born 1993), Hungarian volleyball player
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Finnish-language surnames
Turkish-language surnames