Ackroyd
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English
Etymology
Topographic surname, from Middle English ake (“oak”) + royd (“clearing”).
Proper noun
Ackroyd (plural Ackroyds)
- A surname from Middle English.
- 2009 June 21, Manohla Dargis, “Action!”, in The New York Times:
- Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of The Hurt Locker.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ackroyd is the 40204th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 545 individuals. Ackroyd is most common among White (96.7%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ackroyd”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.