toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.
meaning "from the farmland". ''De(n)''Akker has also been the name of many specific farms and hamlets.Akker, van den at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variants include ''Van de Akker'', ''Van den Acker'' and ''Van den Aker''. Notable people with the surname include:
* Joan van den Akker (born 1984), Dutch sprinter
* John van den Akker (born 1966), Dutch racing cyclist
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Koos Van Den Akker
Koos Van Den Akker (March 16, 1939 – February 3, 2015) was a Dutch-born fashion designer who lived and worked in New York City. During his 50+ year long career, Van Den Akker was recognized for his ''Koos'' fashion label (1969-2015) which featur ...
(1939–2015), Dutch-born American fashion designer
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Laurens van den Acker
Laurens van den Acker (born 5 September 1965, Deurne, North Brabant) is a Dutch automobile designer.
Biography
Van den Acker studied at the Delft University of Technology, where he obtained a Master of Engineering at the Faculty of Industri ...
(born 1965), Dutch automobile designer
* Marjan van den Akker (born 1965), Dutch computer scientist and operations researcher
* Sophie Van Den Akker (born 1990), Australian model