The surname Ackley
An English place surname, carried by 7,102 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A240
Origin
English origin
English habitational surname, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.
Ackley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
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 7,102 people named Ackley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,473 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,895.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4,948 | Wainwright | 7,114 | 43,400 |
| #4,949 | Rainwater | 7,111 | 43,418 |
| #4,951 | Enright | 7,108 | 43,436 |
| #4,952 | Ackley | 7,102 | 43,473 |
Who is named Ackley
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Ackley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ackley
Ackley has the Soundex code A240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A240.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ackley come from?
- English habitational surname, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.
- How common is the surname Ackley?
- 7,102 people in the United States had the surname Ackley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,473 Americans. It ranked 4,952nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ackley?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ackley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Ackley?
- Ackley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Ackley getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,102 in 2010, up 3.0%.