Ackerson Surname

83,828th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,770 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ghana

Ackerson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ackerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9631:91,46110,278
Ghana1,6631:16,2482,082
Canada961:383,80834,152
England261:2,143,00282,017
Panama61:652,04310,051
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9631:52,1485,885

Ackerson (13) may also be a first name.

Ackerson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ackerson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ackerson is most common in The United States. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ackerson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 83,828th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,263,006 people. Ackerson is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Ackerson reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Ackerson is also the 3,159,357th most common first name on earth, held by 13 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 3,963 people, or 1 in 91,461. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 7 percent are found, Illinois, where 6 percent are found and Michigan, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Ackerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ackerson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ackerson surname expanded 412 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ackerson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Ackerson last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

The amount Ackerson earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 3.61% more than the national average, earning $44,706 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.4% less than the national average, earning $38,059 CAD per year.

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Ackerson Reference & Research

Ackerman DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Ackerman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ackerson
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