How common is the surname Akers?

25,290 people in the United States had the surname Akers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,208 Americans. It ranked 1,405th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Akers?

Michelle Akers, American soccer player (born 1966), followed by Thomas Akers.

Where is the surname Akers most common?

Wikidata records people named Akers in the United States.

How do you pronounce Akers?

Akers is /ˈeɪ.kɚz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Akers getting more or less common?

More common. 24,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,290 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Akers

A surname, carried by 25,290 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈeɪ.kɚz/ 2 syllables Soundex A262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Akers is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,290 people named Akers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,208 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,353.

#1,405

rank among US surnames

25,290

people in 2010

8.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,330)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,396	Vela	25,414	12,149
#1,397	Padgett	25,413	12,149
#1,398	Ackerman	25,401	12,155
#1,399	Heller	25,373	12,168
#1,400	Ziegler	25,351	12,179
#1,401	Vinson	25,341	12,184
#1,402	Eldridge	25,299	12,204

Who is named Akers

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

90% of people named Akers identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Akerss

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michelle Akers
American soccer player (born 1966)
Thomas Akers
American astronaut, born 1951
Karen Akers
American actress, born 1945
David Akers
American football player (born 1974)
Doris Akers
American music composer, arranger and singer (1923-1995)
Benjamin Paul Akers
American sculptor (1825-1861)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Akers

Ackerson

Akers has the Soundex code A262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A262.

Questions

How common is the surname Akers?: 25,290 people in the United States had the surname Akers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,208 Americans. It ranked 1,405th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Akers?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Akers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Akers?: Michelle Akers, American soccer player (born 1966), followed by Thomas Akers.
Where is the surname Akers most common?: Wikidata records people named Akers in the United States.
How do you pronounce Akers?: Akers is /ˈeɪ.kɚz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Akers getting more or less common?: More common. 24,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,290 in 2010, up 3.8%.