Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 102

Akçaoğlu

Akçaoğlu /aktʃaoːˈɫu/ ASCII Akcaoglu

“son of Akça”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Patronymic
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Akçaoğlu?

Akçaoğlu

IPA /aktʃaoːˈɫu/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Akçaoğlu mean?

Akçaoğlu means ‘son of Akça’. Akça is a diminutive of ak ‘white’, meaning ‘whitish, fair’, and was used in Anatolia as a personal name and nickname. The same form is also a variant of akçe, the old silver coin.2

Grammar ak + diminutive -ça + -oğlu.

That Akçaoğlu goes back to akça is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Akçaoğlu made of?

Akçaoğlu breaks into 2 parts: akça (akça: whitish; also a given name) + -oğlu (son of; of the family of).

Akçaoğlu + root akça akça: whitish; also agiven name TURKIC akça “whitish; personal name” suffix -oğlu son of; of the family of Akçaoğlu akça root akça: whitish; also a given name akça TURKIC “whitish; personal name” -oğlu suffix son of; of the family of
Akçaoğlu: parts and root words
  • akça Turkic — whitish; personal name2

How was the name Akçaoğlu formed?

Akçaoğlu belongs to the “patronymic” class of surnames (akça + -oğlu).

Which surnames are related to Akçaoğlu?

Akçaoğlu Akça Ağca Akçalı Akçakaya Akçatepe
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akça same root – –
02 Ağca same root – –
03 Akçalı same root – –
04 Akçakaya same root – –
05 Akçatepe same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Akçaoğlu?

  1. Dursun Akçaoğlu politician 1919–1986
  2. Nilgün Akçaoğlu actor 1955–
  3. Salih Cem Akcaoğlu researcher

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

How is Akçaoğlu written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is usually written Akcaoglu.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: akça accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: akça accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Akçaoğlu

Q1

What does the surname Akçaoğlu mean?

Akçaoğlu means ‘son of Akça’. Akça is a diminutive of ak ‘white’, meaning ‘whitish, fair’, and was used in Anatolia as a personal name and nickname. The same form is also a variant of akçe, the old silver coin.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Akçaoğlu?

The root word of Akçaoğlu is akça (Turkic): “whitish; personal name”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Akçaoğlu?

Ak·ça·oğ·lu, 4 syllables; IPA: /aktʃaoːˈɫu/.