Acker meaning | Last name Acker origin

Following is the meaning of Acker surname. Family name Acker is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Acker
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Common in Alsace, is the German word Acker (= plowed field). It can be viewed either as a locality, or as a nickname for a farmer, a laborer. Derivatives: Ackerer, Ackerman Ackermann (= farmer). Lorraine or Flemish forms Akerman, Akermann, Akermans, Akkermans, Akremann, Acreman, Acremann, Acremant.

Acker is used as a family name or surname in United States languages. Acker has 5 characters long in length.

Acker is common in United States country(ies).

Acker is ranked 21771 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Acker bearers increased by 2.394627 per cent in 2010 US census to 10519 since 2000, the surname slipped by 202 spots and ranked at 3400. The last name was found in around 36 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.02 88.86
Black 8.23 8.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.02 1.26
Others 1.81 1.14
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.48 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.45 0.34

How popular is Acker?

Acker is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Germany is ahead in terms of density. Around 23736 people have been found who wears Acker as their family name. Acker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
9,053 Senegal5
169 Micronesia3
32,086 Mexico3
15,956 Venezuela3
16,605 Austria3
24,269 Peru2
54,641 Sweden2
21,529 Singapore2
1,500,361 India2
34,681 Norway2
26,123 Malaysia2
20,595 China2
810,193 Indonesia1
29,046 Japan1
6,212 Jamaica1
31,207 Ireland1
2,057 Myanmar1
37,779 Serbia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

George Acker was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 23, 1849 with Workwoman Jane Acker. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Helen from Belfast.

Comments :Tijuana Wakeland Acker is a surname of German or Alsatian origin, meaning field it is originally a nickname farmer or farmer, became surname.

Celebrities having Acker surname

Tom Ackerley Film director
J. R. Ackerley Writer
Stan Ackerley Soccer player
Paul Ackerley Olympic athlete
Chris Ackerley Author
George Ackerley Soccer player
Paul Ackerley Production Manager (Band)
Ernie Ackerley Soccer player
Peter Ackerley J. R. Ackerley's brother
David F Ackerley Lecturer
  • In 2015, Alexandria Acker characterized the role of Julie Gaffney in family, fantasy flick G2: Heroes (Guardians of the Confluence 2).
  • In 2020 action and adventure movie, Spy Intervention, Drew Van Acker portrayed Corey Gage.
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