The surname Aker
A surname, carried by 3,408 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A260
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,408 people named Aker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,594 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,152.
#9,539
rank among US surnames
3,408
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+8.1%
change since 2000 (was #9,463)
Who is named Aker
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Aker identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Aker has the Soundex code A260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A260.
Questions
- How common is the surname Aker?
- 3,408 people in the United States had the surname Aker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,594 Americans. It ranked 9,539th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Aker?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Aker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Aker getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,408 in 2010, up 8.1%.