Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 188

Akyazı

Akyazı /akˈjazɯ/ ASCII Akyazi

“white plain; district of Sakarya”1

Letters / syllables
6 / 3
Formation
Place name
Vowel harmony
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Initial
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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 Akyazı?

Akyazı

IPA /akˈjazɯ/

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

What does the surname Akyazı mean?

Akyazı is also the name of a district of Sakarya and of many villages in Adıyaman, Amasya and other provinces. Wiktionary analyses the name as ak, “white”, plus yazı; according to Nişanyan’s dictionary this yazı is the Old Turkic word for “plain, flat land”, common in place names, so the name means “white plain”. The surname carries this place name.1

Grammar ak + yazı: place name.

What is Akyazı made of?

Akyazı breaks into 2 parts: ak (white) + yazı (plain, flat land (old word, common in place names)).

Akyazı + first element ak white TURKIC ak “white” root yazı plain, flat land (oldword, common in place… TURKIC yazı “plain, flat land (oldword, common in place…” Akyazı ak first element white ak TURKIC “white” yazı root plain, flat land (old word, common inplace names) yazı TURKIC “plain, flat land (old word,common in place names)”
Akyazı: parts and root words
  • ak Turkic — white1
  • yazı Turkic — plain, flat land (old word, common in place names)1

How was the name Akyazı formed?

Akyazı belongs to the “place name” class of surnames (ak + yazı).

Which surnames are related to Akyazı?

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01 Yazıcı same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Akyazı?

  1. Ahmet Şevket Akyazı politician 1885–1947
  2. Kaan Akyazı association football player 2005–
  3. Tuğçe Akyazı researcher

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

How is Akyazı written and pronounced abroad?

Outside Turkey the name is often written Akyazi.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Wikimedia Wiktionary: Akyazı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Akyazı accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: yazı2 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

Common questions about Akyazı

Q1

What does the surname Akyazı mean?

Akyazı is also the name of a district of Sakarya and of many villages in Adıyaman, Amasya and other provinces. Wiktionary analyses the name as ak, “white”, plus yazı; according to Nişanyan’s dictionary this yazı is the Old Turkic word for “plain, flat land”, common in place names, so the name means “white plain”. The surname carries this place name.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Akyazı?

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

How do you pronounce Akyazı?

Ak·ya·zı, 3 syllables; IPA: /akˈjazɯ/.