Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

SURNAMEEntry 858

Büyükak

Büyükak /byjyˈkak/ ASCII Buyukak

“great and white (pure)”1

Letters / syllables
7 / 3
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
B
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 Büyükak?

Büyükak

IPA /byjyˈkak/

The stress usually falls on syllable 3 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Büyükak mean?

Made up of büyük ‘big, great’ and ak ‘white’, figuratively ‘clean, spotless’. Büyük goes back to Old Turkic bedük ‘big’. Taken together the name suggests ‘great and pure’.1,2

Grammar büyük + ak.

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

What is Büyükak made of?

Büyükak breaks into 2 parts: büyük (büyük: big, great; elder) + ak (ak: white; clean).

Büyükak + root büyük büyük: big, great; elder TURKIC büyük “big, great” root ak ak: white; clean TURKIC ak “white” Büyükak büyük root büyük: big, great; elder büyük TURKIC “big, great” ak root ak: white; clean ak TURKIC “white”
Büyükak: parts and root words
  • büyük Turkic — big, great1
  • ak Turkic — white2

How was the name Büyükak formed?

Büyükak belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (büyük + ak).

Which surnames are related to Büyükak?

Büyükak Büyük Büyükburç Gözübüyük Büyükaşık Büyükbayraktar Büyükkaya Büyükberber Büyüküstün
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Büyük same root – –
02 Büyükburç same root – –
03 Gözübüyük same root – –
04 Büyükaşık same root – –
05 Büyükbayraktar same root – –
06 Büyükkaya same root – –
07 Büyükberber same root – –
08 Büyüküstün same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Büyükak?

  1. İbrahim Büyükak actor 1983–

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

How is Büyükak written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language and other foreign records the name is usually written Buyukak.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: büyük accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: ak accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  5. 5 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Büyükak

Q1

What does the surname Büyükak mean?

Made up of büyük ‘big, great’ and ak ‘white’, figuratively ‘clean, spotless’. Büyük goes back to Old Turkic bedük ‘big’. Taken together the name suggests ‘great and pure’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Büyükak?

The root word of Büyükak is büyük (Turkic): “big, great”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Büyükak?

Bü·yü·kak, 3 syllables; IPA: /byjyˈkak/.