Acker
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Frequency: (4079)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Dutch and German: topographic name from Middle High German and Middle Dutch acker ‘(cultivated) field’, hence a byname for a peasant.
2. English: topographic name for someone living by a piece of cultivated land, from Middle English aker ‘acre’, ‘field’ (Old English æcer). Compare Akers.
3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Acker ‘field’ (see 1).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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