Akerman Surname
Approximately 5,065 people bear this surname
Akerman Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the Acreman': a ploughman, a husbandman, a tiller of the soil; 'both prestis and knightis mosten bicome acremen and heerdis,' 1389: History English Dic.
'The foules up, and song on bough.
Read More About This SurnameAkerman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,602 | 1:226,254 | 21,861 |
| England | 842 | 1:66,173 | 7,690 |
| Poland | 472 | 1:80,527 | 12,508 |
| Argentina | 421 | 1:101,528 | 8,575 |
| Canada | 294 | 1:125,325 | 13,101 |
| Japan | 202 | 1:632,893 | 16,232 |
| Russia | 171 | 1:842,825 | 68,228 |
| Brazil | 135 | 1:1,585,736 | 52,536 |
| Wales | 133 | 1:23,267 | 2,460 |
| Australia | 101 | 1:267,284 | 24,253 |
| Ukraine | 92 | 1:494,812 | 56,975 |
| South Africa | 81 | 1:668,861 | 48,796 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Croatia | 48 | 1:88,096 | 14,714 |
| Turkey | 41 | 1:1,898,083 | 67,283 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Spain | 26 | 1:1,798,155 | 50,469 |
| Uruguay | 20 | 1:171,588 | 14,480 |
| Belarus | 20 | 1:475,053 | 45,383 |
| Kazakhstan | 18 | 1:982,361 | 58,740 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Northern Cyprus | 3 | 1:106,337 | 8,831 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 413 | 1:59,020 | 6,931 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 495 | 1:101,452 | 10,276 |
Akerman (137) may also be a first name.
Akerman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the Acreman': a ploughman, a husbandman, a tiller of the soil; 'both prestis and knightis mosten bicome acremen and heerdis,' 1389: History English Dic.
'The foules up, and song on bough.
And acremen vede to the plough.'
Roger le Acreman, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alexander Acherman, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Hugh Akermun, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Peter de Akerman, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Akermann is of German birth.
(English) Field-Worker, Husbandman. [Old English æcer = Old Norse akr, a field +man].
(English) One who plowed the lord's land and tended his plow teams.
Anglo-Saxon AEcer-mon, afieldman, farmer, ploughman, clown. Bosworth. The German Acltcrmann, naturalized amongst us, has precisely the same signification. The forms in the H.R. are Akerman, le Akermon, le Akermannes, Acherman, and le Acreman. Sometimes the Akermanni were a peculiar class of feudal tenants, the tenure of whose lands is uncertain, as it is stated that the lord could take them into his own hands when he would, yet without injury to the hereditary succession. These holdings were very small, consisting in some instances of five acres only. Hale's St. Paul's Domesd., p. xxiv. "Agricola, aecer-man." Wright's Vocab. p. 74.
(Saxon.) From Acker, oaken, made of oak, and man. The brave, firm, unyielding man.
Akerman: occurs repeatedly in the Hundred Rolls, and seems to mean a ploughman.
Akerman Demographics
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Akerman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akerman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akerman (Russian: Акерман) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akerman? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 94,077th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,438,805 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Akerman reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Akerman is also the 790,880th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 137 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,602 people, or 1 in 226,254. In The United States Akerman is primarily found in: New York, where 19 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 64 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent are found and Poland, where 9 percent are found.
Akerman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Akerman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Akerman last name expanded 324 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 204 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Akerman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Akerman surname are 34.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.64% being registered with the party.
The amount Akerman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.92% more than the national average, earning R 349,128 per year; in United States they earn 12.38% more than the national average, earning $48,492 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.75% less than the national average, earning $46,826 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akerman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akerman in the Russian language | ||
| Акерман | akerman | - |
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