About the Åkerman Surname

Åkerman and Ackermann are two spellings with one history. Taken at its root, Åkerman points to “farmer, ploughman”. Before spelling was fixed, Ackermann was also written Åkerman. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Ackerman, Akermanis and Akkermann.

The 2010 census count for Åkerman in the United States was 1,110, good for rank 23,019. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

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