Akçuras

Akçuras is a Turkish toponym and surname. The form is found in rural areas of Turkey, where several villages or neighborhood units have borne the name. The exact locations can vary as administrative boundaries shift and are recorded in regional gazetteers.

As a family name, Akçuras occurs among Turkish-speaking communities and appears in civil and genealogical records, typically linked to ancestral ties to a place called Akçuras. Etymology is not definitively documented; like many Turkish toponyms, it is often described as being derived from common elements in Turkish place-naming, but no single interpretation is universally accepted.

In the absence of widely known figures or events associated with the name in major reference works, Akçuras remains primarily of local and genealogical interest. Local histories, census records, and land registries in Turkish provinces are the most likely sources to provide precise information about specific Akçuras locations or families.

See also: Akçura, Akçay, Turkish toponyms.