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Ackroyd
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English
Etymology
Topographic surname, from en enm ake oak + enm royd clearing.
Proper noun
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en Middle English.
en 2009-06-21 Manohla Dargis Action! w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/movies/21darg.html Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of The Hurt Locker. https://web.archive.org/web/20251006103705/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/movies/21darg.html 6 October 2025
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.
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