Last name: ACKLEY

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ACKLEY : This last name is indexed 22,821 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

ACKLEY : 1: English: habitational name from Aycliffe Durham recorded as Aykley in 1555. Alternatively it may be from any of various places called in Old English as āc lēah ‘oak clearing’. Compare Oakley which has the same origin. Compare also Akeley and Akley.2: English (Northumberland and Durham): in some cases a variant of Arkley which is of uncertain origin.3: Americanized form of Swiss German Egli.

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