Acklam
English
Etymology
From Old English āc (“oak”) + leum (“clearing”).
Proper noun
Acklam (countable and uncountable, plural Acklams)
- A suburb of Middlesbrough borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ477168).
- A village and civil parish in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE784617).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Acklam is the 16566th most common surname in England, belonging to 301 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Acklam”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN