Acreman Surname

324,858th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Acreman Surname Definition:

(English) Field-worker, Husband­man. [O. English æcer-Old Norse akr, a field + man].

Acreman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4301:842,92864,333
England2771:201,14817,563
Wales1641:18,8692,022
Canada1201:307,04728,331
Australia961:281,20525,117
Italy391:1,568,12082,279
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
France11:66,422,722504,397
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1111:219,59816,839
Wales151:104,5614,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

The alternate forms: Acréman (7) are calculated separately.

Acreman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Field-worker, Husband­man. [O. English æcer-Old Norse akr, a field + man].

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German, English) One who plowed the lord's land and tended his plow teams.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Acreman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Acreman occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as: Acréman. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Acreman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Acreman is the 324,858th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,359,115 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Acreman are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 842,928. In The United States Acreman is mostly concentrated in: Alabama, where 44 percent live, Texas, where 16 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent live and Wales, where 14 percent live.

Acreman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Acreman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Acreman surname grew 2,389 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,093 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Acreman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Acreman last name are 26.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.9% being registered with the party.

The amount Acreman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Italy they earn 12.45% less than the national average, earning €26,290 per year; in United States they earn 13.11% less than the national average, earning $37,491 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.98% less than the national average, earning $48,202 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Acreman
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis