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

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.

How popular is Acker?

Acker is common in United States.

Acker is ranked 21771 on 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
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
28,746 Algeria1
3,586 Honduras1
17,236 Ghana1
14,373 Jordan1
12,270 Lebanon1
12,745 Luxembourg1
36,814 Romania1
38,841 Scotland1
1,879 Belize1
7,895 South Korea1
3,243 Suriname1
8,268 Mauritius1
14,644 Tunisia1
53,505 Turkey1
3,307 Malta1
2,935 Madagascar1
7,790 Zambia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
95,259 Italy45
14,386 New Zealand40
57,245 Spain31
11,444 Portugal28
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
23,914 Denmark20
353,279 Russia19
94,051 Kazakhstan19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
12,684 Switzerland90
14,658 Israel71
Countries with hundreds of Acker:
4,705 Canada949
16,841 Brazil779
2,997 Belgium557
26,179 England183
18,629 Netherlands146
23,095 Australia106
Countries with thousands of Acker:
1,813 Germany4,405
4,665 France1,763
6,461 South Africa1,005
Countries with ten thousands of Acker:
3,042 United States13,253
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

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.

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

Acker Namesakes

  • 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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