Tak Family History
Tak Name Meaning
Korean (T’ak): there is one Chinese character and one clan associated with this surname. The founding ancestor T’ak Chi-yŏp was a Koryŏ Kingdom scholar who settled in the Kwangju area of Chŏlla South Province. Indian (northern states): Rajput name of unexplained etymology based on the name of a Rajput clan. Chinese: possibly from Cantonese form of the Chinese name 德 (meaning ‘virtue’) a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US. Dutch (also Van der Tak): from Middle Dutch tac ‘twig branch’ possibly a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn with the sign of a branch. Compare Tack .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022