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    The surname Akeley

    An English place surname, carried by 200 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A240

    Akeley: #91,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Akeley #91,981, 200 people Akeley: #91,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Akeley #91,981, 200 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Akeley is more common than 43.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Oakley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.

    Akeley 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 200 people named Akeley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,543,728 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 206.

    #91,981
    rank among US surnames
    200
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #84,631)

    Who is named Akeley

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

    95% of people named Akeley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Akeleys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carl Akeley
      American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, nature photographer , 1864–1926
    • Delia Akeley
      American explorer, 1869–1970
    • Mary Jobe Akeley
      American explorer and naturalist (1878–1966)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Akeley

    Akeley has the Soundex code A240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A240.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Akeley come from?
    From Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Oakley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.
    How common is the surname Akeley?
    200 people in the United States had the surname Akeley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,543,728 Americans. It ranked 91,981st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Akeley?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Akeley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Akeley?
    Carl Akeley, American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, nature photographer , followed by Delia Akeley.
    Where is the surname Akeley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Akeley in the United States.
    What type of surname is Akeley?
    Akeley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Akeley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 206 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 200 in 2010, down 2.9%.