Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 149

Akkurt

Akkurt /akˈkuɾt/

“white wolf”2

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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 Akkurt?

Akkurt

IPA /akˈkuɾt/

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

What does the surname Akkurt mean?

Ak ‘white’ joins kurt ‘wolf’: ‘white wolf’. Kurt is one of the old Turkish personal names, and Nişanyan Adlar notes that it often appears in double names such as Kurt Mehmet or Kurt Ali. Akkurt is a male given name in the colour-plus-noun pattern of Akdemir and Karakurt.2,3

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

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

What is Akkurt made of?

Akkurt breaks into 2 parts: ak (white) + kurt (wolf).

Akkurt ++ first element ak white TURKIC ak “white; figuratively pure” suffix kurt wolf TURKIC kurt “wolf” Akkurt ak first element white ak TURKIC “white; figuratively pure” kurt suffix wolf kurt TURKIC “wolf”
Akkurt: parts and root words
  • ak Turkic — white; figuratively pure2
  • kurt Turkic — wolf3

How was the name Akkurt formed?

Akkurt belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (ak + kurt).

Which surnames are related to Akkurt?

Akkurt Kurt Bozkurt Karakurt Kurtoğlu Kurdoğlu Özkurt Aykurt Baykurt Kortay
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Kurt same root 17 289,723
02 Bozkurt same root – –
03 Karakurt same root – –
04 Kurtoğlu same root – –
05 Kurdoğlu same root – –
06 Özkurt same root – –
07 Aykurt same root – –
08 Baykurt same root – –
09 Kortay same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Akkurt most common?

Akkurt is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 list of 1 province; its best rank is 29th in Kilis.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 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 · rank 29 · 497 people Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2024
  • In the province top 30 1
  • Not listed
Akkurt: rank by province, 2024 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Kilis29497

Who are some well-known people named Akkurt?

  1. Orhan Akkurt association football player 1985–
  2. İlker Akkurt television presenter 1966–
  3. Arzu Akkurt association football player 2004–
  4. Barbaros Akkurt researcher
  5. Burak Han Akkurt physician 1993–
  6. Gökhan Akkurt researcher
  7. Mehmet Akkurt author
  8. Mehmet Akkurt researcher

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

Is Akkurt also a first name?

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

Akkurt 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: kurt accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 nisanyanadlar.com nisanyanadlar.com: Akkurt accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Akkurt accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  10. 10 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Akkurt

Q1

What does the surname Akkurt mean?

Ak ‘white’ joins kurt ‘wolf’: ‘white wolf’. Kurt is one of the old Turkish personal names, and Nişanyan Adlar notes that it often appears in double names such as Kurt Mehmet or Kurt Ali. Akkurt is a male given name in the colour-plus-noun pattern of Akdemir and Karakurt.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Akkurt?

The root word of Akkurt is ak (Turkic): “white; figuratively pure”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Akkurt?

Ak·kurt, 2 syllables; IPA: /akˈkuɾt/.