Akkerman (surname)

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Akkerman [1] or Akkermans [2] is a Dutch surname meaning "man from/working on the field", "farmer". Notable people with the surname include:

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Akkerman may refer to:

Acker comes from German or Old English, meaning "ploughed field"; it is related to or an alternate spelling of the word acre. Therefore, Ackermann means "ploughman". Ackerman is also a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname of Yiddish origin with the same meaning. "Egger" is a German variation of Acker.

Ackermann is a surname. "Acker" comes from German or Old English, meaning "field", and is related to the word "acre", and therefore Ackermann means "fieldman". Notable people with the surname include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Nederlandse Familienamenbank". Nederlandse Familienamenbank (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nederlandse Familienamenbank". Nederlandse Familienamenbank (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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