Acre is a surname of English origin, established since the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Acre family lived in Cumberland County. This surname was a local name meaning "inhabitants of Acre" or "the inhabitants of the arable land.

In the last two hundred years the English language has been standardized, but variations formerly large number of English words were considerable.
The Acre surname not escape to these variations in pronunciation.
In medieval scribes and monks wrote the surname as it sounded as variations depending on geographic region were significant. As the English language was changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman, French and Latin, all the people changed the pronunciation of their names.

Some variations of this surname are: Acre, Acres, Aker, Eaker Eakers, Aiker, Aikers, Aikerson, Aker, Akers, Acker, Ackers and many more.

Because of the persistent chaos in Britain at that time, many English families migrated to the New World to escape oppression and starvation, people migrated to North America, Australia and Ireland.