How common is the surname Ackerson?

3,264 people in the United States had the surname Ackerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,591 Americans. It ranked 9,902nd of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Ackerson?

Ackerson is /ˈækɚsən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Ackerson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,264 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Ackerson

A surname, carried by 3,264 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈækɚsən/ 3 syllables Soundex A262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ackerson is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

From Acker + -son.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,264 people named Ackerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,591 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,191.

#9,902

rank among US surnames

3,264

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,365)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,895	Schiavone	3,267	94,504
#9,899	Chacko	3,266	94,533
#9,901	Janik	3,265	94,562
#9,902	Stickler	3,264	94,591
#9,907	Chamblee	3,263	94,620
#9,910	Everly	3,262	94,649

Who is named Ackerson

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

90% of people named Ackerson identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ackerson

Ackerson has the Soundex code A262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A262.

Questions

Where does the surname Ackerson come from?: From Acker + -son.
How common is the surname Ackerson?: 3,264 people in the United States had the surname Ackerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,591 Americans. It ranked 9,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ackerson?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Ackerson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Ackerson?: Ackerson is /ˈækɚsən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Ackerson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,264 in 2010, up 2.3%.