Acland

• Ackland

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Acca + lanu (“lane, street”). This surname, evidenced by its modern morphology, merged with a similar surname which itself instead came from Old English āc (“oak”) + land (“land”).

Acland (countable and uncountable, plural Aclands)

1. (historical) An estate in Landkey parish, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS594325).
2. A rural town and locality in Toowoomba Region. Queensland, Australia.
3. A surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Acland is the 16605^th most common surname in England, belonging to 300 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ackland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
• “Acland Barton”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.