The Ackerman surname is part of the original name ’Acker’ which meant an open field or an acre of land from the Old English, Dutch and German terms of ‘aecermann‘ and ‘akkerman‘. Blended with the term man, the surname became Ackermann, means a fieldman, a husbandman or plowman. Spelling variations of Ackermann include Ackermanne, Ackerman, Acckerman, Ackermaan and Ackermanes. Ackermann families have originated in German and Holland, many dating back to the 13th century. In England the Ackermann surname is in the city of London, Middlesex county and some neighboring counties of Sussex, Essex, Middlesex and Buckinghamshire. Some early Ackermann families resettled in the 1770s in the colonies of Pennsylvania and South Carolina. By the 19th century many Ackermann individuals lived in New York New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, California, Illinois and Wisconsin. Famous: Ronny Ackermann (a champion Nordic snow skier from Germany), Wilhelm Ackermann (a 20th century German mathematician who developed the ‘Ackermann math function‘), Johan Ackermann (a professional rugby player from South Africa), Louise-Victorine Ackermann (19th century French poet), Georg Christian Ackerman (19th century landscape artist from Germany) and Rudolph Ackermann (19th century inventor of waterproof cloth and paper).