Where does the last name STACKS come from?

Question

I'm black with a lot of Native American blood on my moms side. On my dads side is mostly black with a drop of Irish and French. I told my dad that the name Stacks is Irish but he keeps telling me its German who is right?

Answer 1

English: nickname for a large, well-built man, from Middle English stack ‘haystack’ (from Old Norse stakkr). The surname is now less common in England than in Ireland (especially County Kerry), where it was first taken in the 13th century; it has been Gaelicized Stac.

German: variant of Staack.

Americanized form of Polish or Czech Stach.

Answer 2

What Joyce said.