# Acklin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/acklin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,209 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,703 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 139,767 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.0% (2,027 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Acklin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Acklin in Switzerland and the United States.

## People named Acklin

- Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (1943–1998)
- Donat Acklin, bobsledder
- Guido Acklin, bobsledder

## Similar surnames

Aslin, Aguillon, Aslam, Asselin, Ashline.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.