Acker comes from German or Old English, meaning "field". It is related to the word "acre", and therefore Ackermann means "fieldman".
Notable people with the surname include:
Anton Ackermann (1905–1973), German foreign minister
Barbara Ackermann, American politician
Bryan Ackermann, American IT Leader
Christian Ackermann (died 1710), Estonian sculptor
Colin Ackermann (born 1991), South African cricketer
Dorothea Ackermann (1752–1821), German actress
Ernst Christian Wilhelm Ackermann (1761–1835), Bohemian public servant
Franz Ackermann (born 1963), German abstract artist
Georg Ackermann (disambiguation)
Gustav Adolph Ackermann (1791–1872), German lawyer
Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
Hans Ackermann (16th century), German dramatist
Henri Ackermann (1922–2014), Luxembourgian racing cyclist
Jacob Fidelis Ackermann (1765–1815), German doctor
Jens Ackermann (born 1975), German politician
Jessie Ackermann (1857–1951), social reformer, feminist, writer, traveller
Johan Ackermann (born 1970), South African rugby union player
Johan Christian Ackermann (1740–1795), Swedish landscape gardener
Johann Adam Ackermann (1780–1853), German landscape painter
Johann Christian Gottlieb Ackermann (1756–1801), German doctor
Josef Ackermann (disambiguation), several people with this name, including:
Josef Ackermann (born 1948), Swiss banker and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank
Kirk von Ackermann (died 2003), American contractor and murder victim
Klaus Ackermann (born 1946), German footballer
Konrad Ernst Ackermann (1710–1771), German actor
Leopold Ackermann (Petrus Fouresius, 1771–1831), biblical archaeologist
Liliane Ackermann (1938–2007), French scientist and author
Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890), French poet
Lourens Ackermann (born 1934), South African judge
Manfred Ackermann (1898–1991), Austrian politician and trade union official
Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann (1757–1775), German actress
Max Ackermann (1887–1975), German artist
Oliver Ackermann, American musician
Otto Ackermann (disambiguation)
Rita Ackermann (born 1968), Hungarian-American artist
Ronny Ackermann (born 1977), German skier
Rosemarie Ackermann (born 1952), German high jumper
Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834), German-born English publisher, printer, and inventor
Silke Ackermann, German museum curator and historian of science
Sophie Charlotte Ackermann (1714–1792), German actress
Stefan Ackermann, German singer
Stephan Ackermann (born 1963), German bishop
Stephanus Ackermann (born 1985), Namibian cricketer
Theodor Ackermann (1825–1896), German pathologist
Uwe Ackermann (born 1960), East German hurdler
Wilhelm Ackermann (1896–1962), German mathematician
Wilhelm Heinrich Ackermann (1789–1848), German teacher
