Ak
loc · Latin script
Meaning: Abbreviation of Alaska: a state of the United States
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ak is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- LYLibya≈1 in 5.2K
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 5.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 123 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈66,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Abbreviation of Alaska: a state of the United States.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ak counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈66,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Ak | 111 |
| CN China | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 314K | — | Ak | 11 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Ak | 46 |
| SY Syria | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Ak | 14 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Ak | 47 |
| LY Libya | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | — | Ak | 9 |
| NL Netherlands | 204 | 1 in 85K | 204 | — | 23 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ak is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Akan, wan-ny a [ok wan agya] the opposite side of the way. pr..S69. nkwdn-ye [nea wgde ye nkwah] boot, gain, advantage; ichat is given in addition (over and above 'usim' and 'ntoso') in buying fishes
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Akan, w ^ b ^, akwdbo! inierj. [akg aba] welcome! form of salutation to one arriving after a temporary absence; cf aba-6, abo, Gr.§ 1 47,5. oma no akwdbi, he bids him welcome. akwabdu (obsol.) = ntetea. Kwab6nfi., i^r.w.ofaboy or man born on Tuesday. Gr.§4l,4. kwabfena-afwi [pr.n. of a man] a kind of bayere; s. oM. k wabferau [akoa gberan] a wetl-sized, strong slave, pr. 187. kwaberentuw, s. kwae
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In cdo, an art, a way, a plan, a method, black art, a road in a city, to a wizard, a magician, a conjurer, magical calculations, augury, asname of a medicinal plant, (chongstik), (baih-sitk)
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In Akan, warn (Akwamu)^r.w. of a Tshi tribe, their country or king- dom, its capital and dialect. Gr. p. XII. -^ O-kwanmi, Okwamu- ni, pi. A- -fo, an Aktcam-man, Aktoam-people
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Akan, ok6no, i^Z. n-, a big white worm found in palm-trees, the larva of the beetle called aslimanadwo, eaten by the negroes and esteemed a great dainty, pr. 1674 f
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Wo Panb. 1437not in their usual namepolitician
- Behiç Akb. 1956TRTurkish writer (born 1956)
- Ahmet Akb. 1966TRTurkish wrestler (born 1966)
- Egeb. 1968TRnot in their usual nameTurkish singer (born 1968)
- Orhan Akb. 1979TRTurkish association football player (born 1979)
- Ayça Işıldar Akb. 1980TRTurkish actor and director (born 1980)
- Mehmet Yılmaz Akb. 1986TRTurkish actor (born 1986)
- Çağan Efe Akb. 2007TRTurkish actor (born 2007)
- Wo Guanxiangnot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 242384
- Wo Haonot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 242386
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 5 | #34,383 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ak mean, and where does it come from?
- Abbreviation of Alaska: a state of the United States. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Ak have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 66 thousand people named Ak in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ak.
- How common is the name Ak?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 204 people named Ak in 2007, about 1 in 85 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/akThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ak”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.