Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 573

Atakol

Atakol /atakoɫ/

“ancestral branch”1

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

How do you pronounce Atakol?

Atakol

IPA /atakoɫ/

What does the surname Atakol mean?

Ata, “father, forefathers”, joins kol. Besides “arm”, kol means a branch or division of a whole; ata kolu is the ancestral branch of a lineage. With the arm’s overtones of strength and support, the name may also be understood as “the ancestor’s arm, the mainstay of the family”.1,2

Grammar Compound: ata + kol.

That Atakol goes back to ata and kol is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Atakol made of?

Atakol is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: ata (ata: father, ancestors) + kol (kol: arm; branch, division).

Atakol + root ata ata: father, ancestors TURKIC ata “father; ancestors” root kol kol: arm; branch,division TURKIC kol “arm; branch, division;troop, column” Atakol ata root ata: father, ancestors ata TURKIC “father; ancestors” kol root kol: arm; branch, division kol TURKIC “arm; branch, division; troop,column”
Atakol: parts and root words
  • ata Turkic — father; ancestors1
  • kol Turkic — arm; branch, division; troop, column2

How was the name Atakol formed?

Atakol is a name newly coined from ata (“ata: father, ancestors”) and kol (“kol: arm; branch, division”) in the years of the surname law.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.7

Which surnames are related to Atakol?

Atakol Atalay Atay Ataman Atasoy Ataç Ata Atakan Demirkol Kol Atabek Atalar Ataoğlu
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Atalay same root – –
02 Atay same root – –
03 Ataman same root – –
04 Atasoy same root – –
05 Ataç same root – –
06 Ata same root – –
07 Atakan same root – –
08 Demirkol same root – –
09 Kol same root – –
10 Atabek same root – –
11 Atalar same root – –
12 Ataoğlu same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Atakol?

  1. Turgut Atakol basketball player 1915–1988
  2. Dilek Atakol amateur wrestler 1989–
  3. Lokman Atakol association football player 1984–
  4. Melek Atakol amateur wrestler 1991–
  5. Ayşenaz Atakol actor 2010–

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ata accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kol accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: ata accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kol accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: Atakol 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

Common questions about Atakol

Q1

What does the surname Atakol mean?

Ata, “father, forefathers”, joins kol. Besides “arm”, kol means a branch or division of a whole; ata kolu is the ancestral branch of a lineage. With the arm’s overtones of strength and support, the name may also be understood as “the ancestor’s arm, the mainstay of the family”.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Atakol?

Atakol is made up of two elements: ata “father; ancestors” (Turkic) and kol “arm; branch, division; troop, column” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Atakol?

A·ta·kol, 3 syllables; IPA: /atakoɫ/.