How common is the surname Ackerman?

25,401 people in the United States had the surname Ackerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,155 Americans. It ranked 1,398th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ackerman?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ackerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ackerman?

Diane Ackerman, author, poet, and naturalist, followed by Forrest J Ackerman.

Where is the surname Ackerman most common?

Wikidata records people named Ackerman in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Ackerman getting more or less common?

More common. 24,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,401 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Ackerman

An English occupational surname, carried by 25,401 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A265

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ackerman is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English acker (“field”) + -man. Originally denoted a farmer who did not own the fields he worked.

Ackerman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,401 people named Ackerman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,155 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,862.

#1,398

rank among US surnames

25,401

people in 2010

8.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,300)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,389	Beatty	25,510	12,103
#1,390	Serna	25,503	12,106
#1,391	Meier	25,486	12,114
#1,392	Robison	25,450	12,131
#1,393	Swartz	25,444	12,134
#1,394	Seymour	25,436	12,138
#1,395	Gleason	25,416	12,148

Who is named Ackerman

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

93% of people named Ackerman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ackermans

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Diane Ackerman
Author, poet, and naturalist, born 1948
Forrest J Ackerman
American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia (1916-2008)
Bettye Ackerman
American actress (1924-2006)
Bruce Ackerman
American scholar of constitutional law, born 1943
Gary Ackerman
American politician, born 1942
Will Ackerman
American guitarist, composer, and producer, born 1949
Leslie Ackerman
American actress, born 1956
Don Ackerman
American basketball player (1930-2011)
Robert Allan Ackerman
American film and theatre director (1944–2022)
Nate Ackerman
American logician, born 1978
Nathan Ackerman
American psychiatrist (1908–1971)
Harry Ackerman
American TV personality (1912–1991)

Notable Ackermans come mostly from the United States (13) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ackerman

Ackerman has the Soundex code A265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A265.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ackerman come from?: From Middle English acker (“field”) + -man. Originally denoted a farmer who did not own the fields he worked.
How common is the surname Ackerman?: 25,401 people in the United States had the surname Ackerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,155 Americans. It ranked 1,398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ackerman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ackerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ackerman?: Diane Ackerman, author, poet, and naturalist, followed by Forrest J Ackerman.
Where is the surname Ackerman most common?: Wikidata records people named Ackerman in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Ackerman?: Ackerman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Ackerman getting more or less common?: More common. 24,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,401 in 2010, up 2.2%.