Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Pekkan

Pekkan /pekˈkan/

“of sturdy blood”2

Letters / syllables
6 / 2
Formation
1934 coinage
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
P
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7As a first name
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Pekkan?

Pekkan

IPA /pekˈkan/

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

What does the surname Pekkan mean?

Today pek is mostly the adverb ‘very’, but its older sense is ‘firm, solid, hard’. Joined with kan ‘blood, lineage’, the name reads as ‘of sturdy blood, of strong stock’.1,2

Grammar pek + kan: adjective plus noun.

That Pekkan goes back to pek and kan is probable rather than proven: the dictionaries cited agree on it.

What is Pekkan made of?

Pekkan is Turkic in origin and breaks into 2 parts: pek (firm, solid) + kan (blood; lineage).

Pekkan + first element pek firm, solid TURKIC pek “firm, solid, hard” root kan blood; lineage TURKIC kan “blood; lineage” Pekkan pek first element firm, solid pek TURKIC “firm, solid, hard” kan root blood; lineage kan TURKIC “blood; lineage”
Pekkan: parts and root words
  • pek Turkic — firm, solid, hard2
  • kan Turkic — blood; lineage1

How was the name Pekkan formed?

Pekkan is a name newly coined from pek (“firm, solid”) and kan (“blood; lineage”) in the years of the surname law.

Shared note · 1934Surnames became compulsory with Surname Law No. 2525 of 21 June 1934.5

Which surnames are related to Pekkan?

Pekkan Özkan Alkan Arıkan Gürkan Kandemir Peker Atakan Türkkan Durukan Demirkan Pekcan Soykan
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Özkan same root 22 245,254
02 Alkan same root – –
03 Arıkan same root – –
04 Gürkan same root – –
05 Kandemir same root – –
06 Peker same root – –
07 Atakan same root – –
08 Türkkan same root – –
09 Durukan same root – –
10 Demirkan same root – –
11 Pekcan same root – –
12 Soykan same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Pekkan?

  1. Ajda Pekkan actor 1946–
  2. Semiramis Pekkan actor 1948–
  3. Gürel Pekkan researcher
  4. Kerem Pekkan researcher

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

Is Pekkan also a first name?

Yes. Pekkan is given as a first name too, carrying the same sense: “of sturdy blood”.

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

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: kan accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Wiktionary: pek accessed 9 November 2026
  3. 3 Wikimedia Vikisözlük: kan accessed 9 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 Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK)ADNKS TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS) accessed 8 November 2026
  7. 7 turkiyenames.com Türkiye İsimleri (turkiyenames.com) accessed 9 November 2026

Common questions about Pekkan

Q1

What does the surname Pekkan mean?

Today pek is mostly the adverb ‘very’, but its older sense is ‘firm, solid, hard’. Joined with kan ‘blood, lineage’, the name reads as ‘of sturdy blood, of strong stock’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Pekkan?

Pekkan is made up of two elements: pek “firm, solid, hard” (Turkic) and kan “blood; lineage” (Turkic).
Q3

How do you pronounce Pekkan?

Pek·kan, 2 syllables; IPA: /pekˈkan/.