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    The surname Acker

    A place surname, carried by 10,519 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈækɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex A260

    Acker: #3,400 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Acker #3,400, 10,519 people Acker: #3,400 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Acker #3,400, 10,519 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Acker is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    An English topographical surname from Old English from Old English æcer (“field”).

    Acker is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,519 people named Acker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,351 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,273.

    #3,400
    rank among US surnames
    10,519
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,198)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,391Kinder10,53929,296
    #3,392Koontz10,53829,298
    #3,394Villatoro10,53529,307
    #3,395O'Shea10,53129,318
    #3,396Kimmel10,52829,326
    #3,397Conti10,52629,332
    #3,398Turley10,52429,337

    Who is named Acker

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Acker identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ackers

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Amy Acker
      American actress, born 1976
    • Kathy Acker
      American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997)
    • Jean Acker
      American actress (1893–1978)
    • Alex Acker
      American professional basketball player, born 1983

    Notable Ackers come mostly from the United States (3) and Italy (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Acker

    Acker has the Soundex code A260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Acker?
    10,519 people in the United States had the surname Acker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,351 Americans. It ranked 3,400th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Acker?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Acker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Acker?
    Amy Acker, American actress, followed by Kathy Acker.
    Where is the surname Acker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Acker in the United States and Italy.
    How do you pronounce Acker?
    Acker is /ˈækɚ/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Acker?
    Acker is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Acker getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,519 in 2010, up 2.4%.