The Aksoy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 301 people carried this name — #65,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 48% from 204 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 689 people named Aksoy live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
359 people named Aksoy live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Aksoy.
Most of them — 49 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Ain.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
258 people named Aksoy are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Aksoy in American newspapers,
1854–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Aksoy,
with a public archive behind them.
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İsmail Hakkı Bey 1865–1927 · composer -
Hamdi Aksoy 1883–1961 · politician -
Mustafa Mümin Aksoy 1892–1948 · military personnel -
Lütfü Aksoy 1911–1998 · politician -
Mehmet Aksoy 1939– · sculptor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 226 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aksoy.
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