Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 120

Akgöl

Akgöl /akˈɡøl/ ASCII Akgol

“white lake”1

Letters / syllables
5 / 2
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 Akgöl?

Akgöl

IPA /akˈɡøl/

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

What does the surname Akgöl mean?

Akgöl means ‘white, clear lake’, from ak ‘white, clean’ and göl ‘lake’. Anatolia has lakes and villages called Akgöl, including a village in Samsun. The surname comes from such a place name or directly from the image.1,2

Grammar ak + göl: adjective–noun compound.

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

What is Akgöl made of?

Akgöl breaks into 2 parts: ak (white; clear) + göl (lake).

Akgöl + first element ak white; clear TURKIC ak “white; clean” root göl lake TURKIC göl “lake” Akgöl ak first element white; clear ak TURKIC “white; clean” göl root lake göl TURKIC “lake”
Akgöl: parts and root words
  • ak Turkic — white; clean1
  • göl Turkic — lake2

How was the name Akgöl formed?

Akgöl belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (ak + göl).

Which surnames are related to Akgöl?

Akgöl Bingöl Göllü
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Bingöl same root – –
02 Göllü same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Akgöl?

  1. Eyüp Sabri Akgöl politician 1876–1950
  2. İsa Akgöl association football player 1989–
  3. Abdülkadir Akgöl politician 1949–
  4. Halil Akgöl politician 1926–2009
  5. Hasan Akgöl statesperson 1965–
  6. Cüneyt Akgöl researcher
  7. Sedat Akgöl researcher
  8. Sinan Akgöl researcher

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

How is Akgöl written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language records the name often loses its diacritics and appears as Akgol.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ak accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: göl 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 Akgöl

Q1

What does the surname Akgöl mean?

Akgöl means ‘white, clear lake’, from ak ‘white, clean’ and göl ‘lake’. Anatolia has lakes and villages called Akgöl, including a village in Samsun. The surname comes from such a place name or directly from the image.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Akgöl?

The root word of Akgöl is ak (Turkic): “white; clean”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Akgöl?

Ak·göl, 2 syllables; IPA: /akˈɡøl/.