Frequency: (265)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: 1. from an ancient Scandinavian personal name, Aki (Old Danish, Old Swedish Áki), derived from anu- ‘ancestor’ (unattested) + the diminutive suffix -k. 2. topographic name for someone who lived by a small oakwood, from Middle English oke ‘oak’ + heye ‘enclosure’.
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