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    The surname Acre

    A surname, carried by 727 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈeɪkɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex A260

    Acre: #31,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Acre #31,754, 727 people Acre: #31,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Acre #31,754, 727 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Acre is more common than 80.4% of them.

    Origin

    Probably a variant of Acker or Acree/Ackary, though also possibly Americanization of Norwegian Aakre or Low German Egger.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 727 people named Acre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 424,684 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 739.

    #31,754
    rank among US surnames
    727
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #29,964)

    Who is named Acre

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

    89% of people named Acre identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Acre

    Acre has the Soundex code A260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Acre come from?
    Probably a variant of Acker or Acree/Ackary, though also possibly Americanization of Norwegian Aakre or Low German Egger.
    How common is the surname Acre?
    727 people in the United States had the surname Acre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 424,684 Americans. It ranked 31,754th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Acre?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Acre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Acre?
    Acre is /ˈeɪkɚ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Acre getting more or less common?
    Less common. 739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 727 in 2010, down 1.6%.