Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 84

Akbaş

Akbaş /akˈbaʃ/ ASCII Akbas

“white-headed”2

Province lists
21
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§12
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8As a first name
  9. §9Abroad
  10. §10Sources
  11. §11Questions
  12. §12Related

How do you pronounce Akbaş?

Akbaş

IPA /akˈbaʃ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 2 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Akbaş mean?

Ak, “white”, joins baş, “head”: “white head, white-headed”. It may have been a byname for someone whose hair turned grey early or who had a white patch on the head. Many Anatolian villages are called Akbaş, and the name also belongs to a large white breed of shepherd dog.2,3

Grammar Adjective-plus-noun compound: ak + baş.

That Akbaş goes back to ak and baş is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Akbaş made of?

Akbaş breaks into 2 parts: ak (white) + baş (head).

Akbaş + first element ak white TURKIC ak “white” root baş head TURKIC baş “head; chief” Akbaş ak first element white ak TURKIC “white” baş root head baş TURKIC “head; chief”
Akbaş: parts and root words
  • ak Turkic — white2
  • baş Turkic — head; chief3

How was the name Akbaş formed?

Akbaş belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (ak + baş).

Which surnames are related to Akbaş?

Akbaş Baş Subaşı Başer Kocabaş Erbaş Baştürk Demirbaş Başkan Başoğlu Yüzbaşıoğlu Odabaş Sarıbaş
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Baş same root – –
02 Subaşı same root – –
03 Başer same root – –
04 Kocabaş same root – –
05 Erbaş same root – –
06 Baştürk same root – –
07 Demirbaş same root – –
08 Başkan same root – –
09 Başoğlu same root – –
10 Yüzbaşıoğlu same root – –
11 Odabaş same root – –
12 Sarıbaş same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Akbaş most common?

Akbaş is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 2 provinces; its best rank is 16th in Bayburt.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkari · rank 25 · 1,220 people Hatay Isparta Mersin Istanbul Izmir Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Kahramanmaraş Mardin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt · rank 16 · 511 people Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 2
  • Not listed
Akbaş: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Hakkari251,220
02Bayburt16511

Who are some well-known people named Akbaş?

  1. Hatice Akbaş boxer 2002–
  2. Hüseyin Akbaş amateur wrestler 1933–1989
  3. Mustafa Akbaş association football player 1990–
  4. Ferhat Akbaş volleyball player 1986–
  5. Aydemir Akbaş actor 1936–2024
  6. Sitare Akbaş actor 1988–
  7. Fahrettin Akbaş amateur wrestler 1927–1994
  8. Büşra Akbaş basketball player 1995–

People surnamed Akbaş as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

Is Akbaş also a first name?

Yes. Akbaş is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “white-headed”.

Akbaş as a first name: meaning and statistics — turkiyenames.com →

How is Akbaş written and pronounced abroad?

In passports and records outside Turkey Akbaş is usually written Akbas.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: baş accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Akbaş accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Akbaş

Q1

What does the surname Akbaş mean?

Ak, “white”, joins baş, “head”: “white head, white-headed”. It may have been a byname for someone whose hair turned grey early or who had a white patch on the head. Many Anatolian villages are called Akbaş, and the name also belongs to a large white breed of shepherd dog.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Akbaş?

The root word of Akbaş is ak (Turkic): “white”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Akbaş?

Ak·baş, 2 syllables; IPA: /akˈbaʃ/.