Acar

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Acar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the 20th most common surname. Recorded meaning: 1. Kuvvetli, güçlü, dinç.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye1 in 359(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 31K
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 5.3K

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 (measured from records)

228,386 people, 2025

Sources
162 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 359 (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

recorded in Turkish

1. Kuvvetli, güçlü, dinç. 2. Çevik, atılgan, kabına sığmaz. 3. Gözü pek, yiğit, cesur, kabadayı, yılmaz, 4. Hoş, sevimli yüzlü (kimse). 5. Yeni. 6. Taze. 7. Şişman, etli, semiz. 8. Çalışkan, becerikli. 9. Açıkgöz, zeki. 10. Çapkın. 11. Bir çeşit zehirli ot.

Sources 1

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Acar 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.

Where Acar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#20228,3861 in 359228KAcar139
PH Philippines—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 62K—Acar8
FR France—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 50K195Acar4
AZ Azerbaijan—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 8K1—8
NL Netherlands—5641 in 31K564Acar56
SE Sweden—5371 in 19K537Acar28
CY Cyprus#247≈240 est.≈1 in 5.3K—Acar16
MD Moldova—≈210 est.≈1 in 16K1—4

228,386 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used surnames, 2025. 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: TÜİK NIP — most used surnames; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); e-services.md — living population register; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Acar is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, Philippines, United States

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Açar, A'Car, A-Car, Àcaŕ, Ácar

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Türkiye, Philippines

    Also written Açar, A'Car, Âcâr

  • Spanish surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Philippines, Brazil, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Açar, A'Car, Aćáŕ, A'Çar, Ácar

  • Hindi surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, India, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Açar, Ācār

  • Bulgarian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Bulgaria, Poland, Netherlands

    Languages: Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian

    Also written Açar, Ацар

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Açar, Ācār

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

    Also written Açar, Åcår

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Philippines, Indonesia, India

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Açar

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Acar 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 Irish, alternative form of acra (“tool, implement; service, convenience”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, A vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, a local version of the Indian achar.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In mad, pickle (usually pepper or onion which is pickled with vinegar)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In iba, Indian spiced pickles of fruit or vegetable

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In abs, kind of dish made of fried vegetables

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

19201940196019802000Kuzgun Acar, b. 1928Jacques F. Acar, b. 1931Serkan Acar, b. 1948Numan Acar, b. 1974Serkan Acar, b. 1975Erkan Acar, b. 1978Timur Acar, b. 1979Gazapizm, b. 1988Tunay Acar, b. 1989Yeliz Açar, b. 1997
  • Kuzgun Acarb. 1928TRTurkish painter and sculptor (1928–1976)
  • Jacques F. Acarb. 1931FRFrench doctor (1931-2020)
  • Serkan Acarb. 1948TRTurkish association football player (1948–2013)
  • Numan Acarb. 1974TRTurkish actor (born 1973)
  • Serkan Acarb. 1975TRTurkish film director (born 1975)
  • Erkan Acarb. 1978DEGerman actor and film producer
  • Timur Acarb. 1979TRTurkish actor (born 1979)
  • Gazapizmb. 1988TRnot in their usual nameTurkish rapper of Kurdish ancestry (born 1988)
  • Tunay Acarb. 1989DETurkish association football player (born 1989)
  • Yeliz Açarb. 1997TRTurkish-Azerbaijani association football player (born 1997)

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 34 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Acar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used surnames2025228K#28
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used surnames2024227K#28
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used surnames2023226K#28
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used surnames2022225K#28
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used surnames2021223K#28
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used surnames2020222K#28
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used surnames2019220K#28
TR TürkiyeTÜİK NIP — most used surnames2018218K#28
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007564#3,386
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—537#1,766
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991195—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981156—

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 Acar mean?
Recorded meaning: 1. Kuvvetli, güçlü, dinç.
In which country does Acar have the most bearers?
In Türkiye, the national register counted about 228 thousand people named Acar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled acar.
Where is Acar most common?
Acar is densest in Türkiye, where the national register counts about 1 in 359 people carrying it.
How common is the name Acar?
In Türkiye, the national register counted 228,386 people named Acar in 2025, about 1 in 359 residents.
How common is Acar compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Acar is the 20th most common surname of 619,652 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Acar” — the 20th most common surname in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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