Aktaş Surname

2,761st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202,444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Aktaş Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'white rock'. It comes from Turkish ak or beyaz, which means 'white', and taş, which means 'rock' or 'stone'.

Aktaş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey202,0311:38532
Northern Cyprus3641:87652
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Kosovo51:372,3749,323
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Aktas (4,355) & Aktaš (1) are calculated separately.

Aktaş (38) may also be a first name.

Aktaş Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'white rock'. It comes from Turkish ak or beyaz, which means 'white', and taş, which means 'rock' or 'stone'.

- lara214

The Aktaş surname in Turkish means 'white stone', 'white rock'.

- funda

The Aktaş surname means 'limestone', 'white stone'.

- ahmetzor

Aktaş Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aktaş Come From? nationality or country of origin

Aktaş has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can appear as a variant: Aktas or Aktaš. For other possible spellings of Aktaş click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aktaş? popularity and diffusion

The surname Aktaş is the 2,761st most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 35,998 people. The last name Aktaş is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Aktaş live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 38 people.

The surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 202,031 people, or 1 in 385. In Turkey Aktaş is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 8 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 5 percent are found. Beside Turkey it is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found.

Aktaş Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Aktaş last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aktas934,355/
Aktaš931/
Oktaş80649/
Aktaç80405/
Aktaz8054/
Aktac8017/
Aktaj801/
Aktash73288/
Akhtaj7328/
Akhtas732/
Goktaş731/
Aktach731/
Akhtax731/
Haktaz731/
Akhtaz731/
Akhtach67170/
Asktatz676/
Akhteaz671/
Askhtaj671/
Ashktaz671/
Akhtarz671/
Akhtajh671/

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