How common is the surname Ackermann?

2,499 people in the United States had the surname Ackermann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,548 Americans. It ranked 12,432nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ackermann?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ackermann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ackermann?

Stephan Ackermann, Bishop of Trier.

Where is the surname Ackermann most common?

Wikidata records people named Ackermann in Germany.

Is the surname Ackermann getting more or less common?

More common. 2,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,499 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Ackermann

A German surname, carried by 2,499 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). Ackermann is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Ackermann (“plowman”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,499 people named Ackermann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,548 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,264.

#12,432

rank among US surnames

2,499

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,553)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,423	Ju	2,502	123,399
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647

Who is named Ackermann

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

93% of people named Ackermann identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ackermanns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stephan Ackermann
Bishop of Trier, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ackermann

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ackermann come from?: Borrowed from German Ackermann (“plowman”).
How common is the surname Ackermann?: 2,499 people in the United States had the surname Ackermann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,548 Americans. It ranked 12,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ackermann?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ackermann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ackermann?: Stephan Ackermann, Bishop of Trier.
Where is the surname Ackermann most common?: Wikidata records people named Ackermann in Germany.
Is the surname Ackermann getting more or less common?: More common. 2,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,499 in 2010, up 10%.