Ackley
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Frequency: (2619)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: from any of various places named in Old English as āc lēah ‘oak clearing’. Possible sources include Acle in Norfolk, Aykley in Durham, and Ackley Farm in Powys. Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.
2. Americanized spelling of Swiss German Egli.
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