Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 165

Aksoy

Aksoy /akˈsoj/

“of clean lineage”2

Province lists
81
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
5 / 2
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Provinces
  7. §7Notable people
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Aksoy?

Aksoy

IPA /akˈsoj/

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

What does the surname Aksoy mean?

Ak, “white”, in its figurative sense “clean, spotless”, combines with soy, “lineage, family stock”: “of clean lineage, a family with nothing to hide”. Ak- and -soy were frequent elements when surnames were chosen in 1934.2,3

Grammar Adjective-plus-noun compound: ak + soy; not a dictionary headword.

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

What is Aksoy made of?

Aksoy breaks into 2 parts: ak (white; clean, spotless) + soy (lineage, descent).

Aksoy ++ first element ak white; clean, spotless TURKIC ak “white; figurativelyclean, spotless” suffix soy lineage, descent TURKIC soy “lineage, family, descent” Aksoy ak first element white; clean, spotless ak TURKIC “white; figuratively clean,spotless” soy suffix lineage, descent soy TURKIC “lineage, family, descent”
Aksoy: parts and root words
  • ak Turkic — white; figuratively clean, spotless2
  • soy Turkic — lineage, family, descent3

How was the name Aksoy formed?

Aksoy belongs to the “1934 coinage” class of surnames (ak + soy).

Which surnames are related to Aksoy?

Aksoy Gürsoy Ulusoy Özsoy Ersoy Soysal Soylu Atasoy Şensoy Soydan Soyer Yücesoy Soykan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Gürsoy same root – –
02 Ulusoy same root – –
03 Özsoy same root – –
04 Ersoy same root – –
05 Soysal same root – –
06 Soylu same root – –
07 Atasoy same root – –
08 Şensoy same root – –
09 Soydan same root – –
10 Soyer same root – –
11 Yücesoy same root – –
12 Soykan same root – –

Where in Türkiye is Aksoy most common?

Aksoy is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 8 provinces; its best rank is 21st in Kırıkkale.1

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Amasya Ankara Antalya · rank 28 · 7,720 people Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis · rank 28 · 1,073 people Bolu Burdur · rank 27 · 954 people Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli · rank 29 · 2,770 people 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 · rank 25 · 3,408 people Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Şanlıurfa Uşak Van Yozgat · rank 30 · 1,447 people Zonguldak Aksaray Bayburt Karaman Kırıkkale · rank 21 · 852 people Batman Şırnak Bartın Ardahan Iğdır Yalova Karabük · rank 21 · 949 people Kilis Osmaniye Düzce Hover or focus a province · ADNKS 2025
  • In the province top 30 8
  • Not listed
Aksoy: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Antalya287,720
02Mardin253,408
03Denizli292,770
04Yozgat301,447
05Bitlis281,073
06Burdur27954

Who are some well-known people named Aksoy?

  1. Saadet Aksoy actor 1983–
  2. Muammer Aksoy politician 1917–1990
  3. Fatih Aksoy association football player 1997–
  4. Mustafa Mümin Aksoy military personnel 1892–1948
  5. Altan Aksoy association football player 1976–
  6. Asuman Aksoy university teacher 2000–
  7. Faruk Aksoy screenwriter 1964–
  8. Lütfi Aksoy politician 1911–1998

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

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

Common questions about Aksoy

Q1

What does the surname Aksoy mean?

Ak, “white”, in its figurative sense “clean, spotless”, combines with soy, “lineage, family stock”: “of clean lineage, a family with nothing to hide”. Ak- and -soy were frequent elements when surnames were chosen in 1934.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Aksoy?

The root word of Aksoy is ak (Turkic): “white; figuratively clean, spotless”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Aksoy?

Ak·soy, 2 syllables; IPA: /akˈsoj/.