Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 225

Aksu

Aksu /akˈsu/

“clear water, white water”2

Province lists
51
province top-30s
Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
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Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Provinces
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Aksu?

Aksu

IPA /akˈsu/

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

What does the surname Aksu mean?

Ak, “white, clear”, joins su, “water”: “white water, clear running water”. Many rivers and settlements across the Turkic world bear the name, including the Aksu districts of Antalya and Isparta in Turkey and the city of Aksu in China. The surname may come from such place names or directly from the image of clear water.2,3

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

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

What is Aksu made of?

Aksu is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: ak (white; clear) + su (water).

Aksu + first element ak white; clear TURKIC ak “white; clean, clear” root su water TURKIC su “water; stream” Aksu ak first element white; clear ak TURKIC “white; clean, clear” su root water su TURKIC “water; stream”
Aksu: parts and root words
  • ak Turkic — white; clean, clear2
  • su Turkic — water; stream3

How was the name Aksu formed?

Aksu was formed by joining ak (“white; clear”) and su (“water”).

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.9

Where in Türkiye is Aksu most common?

Aksu is outside the national top 30, but it appears in the top-30 lists of 5 provinces; its best rank is 18th in Siirt.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 · rank 24 · 834 people Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun · rank 22 · 1,872 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 · rank 21 · 2,992 people Rize · rank 27 · 1,271 people Sakarya Samsun Siirt · rank 18 · 1,687 people 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 5
  • Not listed
Aksu: rank by province, 2025 (TÜİK ADNKS, province top-30 lists)
Provinces with the most bearers
#ProvinceRankPeople
01Ordu212,992
02Giresun221,872
03Siirt181,687
04Rize271,271
05Erzincan24834

Who are some well-known people named Aksu?

  1. Sezen Aksu actor 1954–
  2. Abdülkadir Aksu politician 1944–
  3. Ayla Aksu tennis player 1996–
  4. Cafercan Aksu association football player 1987–
  5. Cemil Aksu politician 1977–
  6. Mehmet Aksu association football player 1980–
  7. Semra Aksu athletics competitor 1962–
  8. Veysel Aksu association football player 1985–

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

Is Aksu also a first name?

Yes. Aksu is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “clear water, white water”.

Aksu 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 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ak accessed 9 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: su accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Aksu accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Wiktionary: ak accessed 8 November 2026
  6. 6 Wikimedia Wiktionary: su accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Aksu accessed 8 November 2026
  8. 8 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  9. 9 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  10. 10 Natural Earth Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries accessed 8 November 2026
  11. 11 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Aksu

Q1

What does the surname Aksu mean?

Ak, “white, clear”, joins su, “water”: “white water, clear running water”. Many rivers and settlements across the Turkic world bear the name, including the Aksu districts of Antalya and Isparta in Turkey and the city of Aksu in China. The surname may come from such place names or directly from the image of clear water.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Aksu?

Aksu is made up of two elements: ak “white; clean, clear” (Turkic) and su “water; stream” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Aksu?

Ak·su, 2 syllables; IPA: /akˈsu/.