Ackley
English
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Etymology
editEnglish habitational surname, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Oakley, which has the same origin.
Proper noun
editAckley (countable and uncountable, plural Ackleys)
- A surname from Old English.
- A city in Franklin County, Iowa, United States.
- A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ackley is the 4952nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7102 individuals. Ackley is most common among White (93.65%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ackley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Cities in Iowa, USA
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- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA