The Aksu surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 204 people carried this name — #90,495 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 91% from 107 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
226 people named Aksu live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 183 people named Aksu 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 Limburg.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Aksu.
Most of them — 50 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Aisne.
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
40 people named Aksu is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Aksu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hüseyin Aksu 1893–1976 · politician -
Hüseyin Aksu 1893–1976 · politician
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Nuri Aksu 1857–1930 · politician
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Nuri Aksu 1857–1930 · politician
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Ahmet Aksu 1887–1954 · politician
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Ahmet Aksu 1887–1954 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Aksu.
When the index is not enough
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