Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 442

Apak

Apak /aˈpak/

“snow-white”1

Letters / syllables
4 / 2
Formation
Adjective
Vowel harmony
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Initial
A
Contents§1–§9
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Notable people
  6. §6As a first name
  7. §7Sources
  8. §8Questions
  9. §9Related

How do you pronounce Apak?

Apak

IPA /aˈpak/

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

What does the surname Apak mean?

Apak is the intensive form of ak, “white”, and means “snow-white, pure white”: saçları apak olmuş, “his hair has turned snow-white”. In Turkish ak also stands for cleanness and honesty, and apak strengthens this sense. Apak is a man’s name and the name of a village in the Saruhanlı district of Manisa.1

Grammar Intensive of ak with the reduplicative prefix ap-.

Apak is also an ordinary word in everyday Turkish.

What is Apak made of?

Apak is a single Turkic root: apak (apak: snow-white; intensive of ak).

Apak root apak apak: snow-white;intensive of ak TURKIC apak “pure white, snow-white” Apak apak root apak: snow-white; intensive of ak apak TURKIC “pure white, snow-white”
Apak: parts and root words
  • apak Turkic — pure white, snow-white1

How was the name Apak formed?

Apak is the adjective apak (“apak: snow-white; intensive of ak”), taken unchanged as a surname.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.6

Who are some well-known people named Apak?

  1. Eşref Apak athletics competitor 1982–
  2. Sema Apak athletics competitor 1985–
  3. Sarp Apak actor 1981–
  4. Hüseyin Rahmi Apak politician 1887–1963
  5. Orhan Şeref Apak association football player 1906–1973
  6. Reşat Apak researcher
  7. Sudi Apak writer

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

Is Apak also a first name?

Yes. Apak is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “snow-white”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Adlar: Apak accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: apak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Wiktionary: apak accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Apak 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 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Apak

Q1

What does the surname Apak mean?

Apak is the intensive form of ak, “white”, and means “snow-white, pure white”: saçları apak olmuş, “his hair has turned snow-white”. In Turkish ak also stands for cleanness and honesty, and apak strengthens this sense. Apak is a man’s name and the name of a village in the Saruhanlı district of Manisa.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Apak?

The root word of Apak is apak (Turkic): “pure white, snow-white”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Apak?

A·pak, 2 syllables; IPA: /aˈpak/.