Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 140

Akkaya

Akkaya /akkaˈja/

“white rock”2

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

How do you pronounce Akkaya?

Akkaya

IPA /akkaˈja/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Akkaya mean?

Ak, “white”, joins kaya, “rock”: “white rock”. It also appears in many village and hill names across Anatolia.2,3

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

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

What is Akkaya made of?

Akkaya breaks into 2 parts: ak (white; clean) + kaya (rock).

Akkaya + first element ak white; clean TURKIC ak “white” root kaya rock TURKIC kaya “rock, crag” Akkaya ak first element white; clean ak TURKIC “white” kaya root rock kaya TURKIC “rock, crag”
Akkaya: parts and root words
  • ak Turkic — white2
  • kaya Turkic — rock, crag3

How was the name Akkaya formed?

Akkaya belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (ak + kaya).

Which surnames are related to Akkaya?

Akkaya Kaya Çetinkaya Karakaya Sarıkaya Özkaya Yalçınkaya Kayalı Kızılkaya Şahinkaya Yerlikaya Kayacan Kayalar
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kaya same root 2 899,722
02 Çetinkaya same root – –
03 Karakaya same root – –
04 Sarıkaya same root – –
05 Özkaya same root – –
06 Yalçınkaya same root – –
07 Kayalı same root – –
08 Kızılkaya same root – –
09 Şahinkaya same root – –
10 Yerlikaya same root – –
11 Kayacan same root – –
12 Kayalar same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Akkaya most common?

Akkaya is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 23rd in Giresun.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 · rank 23 · 1,807 people Gümüşhane Hakkari 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 Karaman Kırıkkale Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Akkaya: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Giresun231,807

Who are some well-known people named Akkaya?

  1. Deniz Akkaya actor 1977–
  2. Sarp Akkaya actor 1980–
  3. Gülşah Akkaya basketball player 1977–
  4. İlkay Akkaya singer 1964–
  5. Aytekin Akkaya actor 1943–
  6. Hakan Akkaya fencer 1995–
  7. Ahmet Münir Akkaya politician 1871–1947
  8. Aziz Akkaya basketball coach 1967–

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

Is Akkaya also a first name?

Yes. Akkaya is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “white rock”.

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

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: kaya accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Akkaya 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 Akkaya

Q1

What does the surname Akkaya mean?

Ak, “white”, joins kaya, “rock”: “white rock”. It also appears in many village and hill names across Anatolia.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Akkaya?

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

How do you pronounce Akkaya?

Ak·ka·ya, 3 syllables; IPA: /akkaˈja/.