Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 136

Akçatepe

Akçatepe /aktʃateˈpe/ ASCII Akcatepe

“the pale hill”2

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
A
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 Akçatepe?

Akçatepe

IPA /aktʃateˈpe/

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

What does the surname Akçatepe mean?

Akçatepe joins akça ‘whitish’ and tepe ‘hill’: ‘the pale hill’. Villages in Adıyaman and Elazığ and neighbourhoods in Kayseri and Ordu carry the name, and the surname may rest on such a place.1,2

Grammar akça (ak + -ça) + tepe.

That Akçatepe goes back to akça and tepe is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Akçatepe made of?

Akçatepe is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: akça (whitish) + tepe (hill).

Akçatepe + first element akça whitish TURKIC akça “whitish” root tepe hill TURKIC tepe “hill, summit” Akçatepe akça first element whitish akça TURKIC “whitish” tepe root hill tepe TURKIC “hill, summit”
Akçatepe: parts and root words
  • akça Turkic — whitish2
  • tepe Turkic — hill, summit1

How was the name Akçatepe formed?

Akçatepe was formed by joining akça (“whitish”) and tepe (“hill”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Which surnames are related to Akçatepe?

Akçatepe Akça Ağca Tepe Boztepe Göktepe Akçalı Karatepe Akçakaya Kocatepe Yeşiltepe Akçaoğlu Göztepe
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 Tepe same root – –
04 Boztepe same root – –
05 Göktepe same root – –
06 Akçalı same root – –
07 Karatepe same root – –
08 Akçakaya same root – –
09 Kocatepe same root – –
10 Yeşiltepe same root – –
11 Akçaoğlu same root – –
12 Göztepe same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Akçatepe?

  1. Halit Akçatepe actor 1938–2017
  2. Sıtkı Akçatepe actor 1902–1986
  3. Leman Akçatepe actor 1918–1992

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

How is Akçatepe written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Türkiye the name is often written Akcatepe.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: akça accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: tepe accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Akçatepe 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

Common questions about Akçatepe

Q1

What does the surname Akçatepe mean?

Akçatepe joins akça ‘whitish’ and tepe ‘hill’: ‘the pale hill’. Villages in Adıyaman and Elazığ and neighbourhoods in Kayseri and Ordu carry the name, and the surname may rest on such a place.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Akçatepe?

Akçatepe is made up of two elements: akça “whitish” (Turkic) and tepe “hill, summit” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Akçatepe?

Ak·ça·te·pe, 4 syllables; IPA: /aktʃateˈpe/.