Acker Family History
Acker Name Meaning
Dutch and German: topographic name from Middle High German and
Middle Dutch acker ‘(cultivated) field’, hence a byname for a
peasant.English: topographic name for someone living by a piece
of cultivated land, from Middle English aker ‘acre’, ‘field’
(Old English æcer). Compare Akers.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Acker ‘field’ (see
1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Acker
Name Distribution of Acker Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Acker families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Acker census records
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Acker Family Origin
Acker Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Acker Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Acker census records
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Military Service by Acker
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