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The Acker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,519 people carried this name — #3,400 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,273 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Acker surname

An English topographical surname from Old English from Old English æcer (“field”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Acker» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,040 people named Acker.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Bas-Rhin 716
Paris 85
Haut-Rhin 58
Moselle 36
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Seine-Saint-Denis 9
Hauts-de-Seine 6
Yvelines 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

70 people named Acker live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 23
Basel-Landschaft 8
Bern 7
Thurgau 7
Vaud 7
Aargau 6
Glarus 5
St. Gallen 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Acker in American newspapers,
1913–1922.

Newspaper page from The Sea Coast Echo carrying the name Acker
The Sea Coast Echo 1922-10-07
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Acker
The Ogden Standard 1914-10-10
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Acker
The Ogden Standard 1913-11-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 292,650 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Acker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ephraim Leister Acker
    Ephraim Leister Acker 1827–1903 · lawyer
  • Hans Hacker 1380–1461 · stained-glass artist
  • Nikolaus Ager 1568–1634 · naturalist
  • Johann Heinrich Acker 1647–1719 · pastor
  • Jean Adam Acker 1665–1745 · artisan
  • Johann Heinrich Acker 1680–1759 · pedagogue

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Acker.

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