Atkin is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Atkin
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Atkin

How popular is Atkin?

Atkin is common in Australia.

Atkin is ranked 39450 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Atkin bearers increased by 2.97593 per cent in 2010 US census to 2353 since 2000, the surname slipped by 591 spots and ranked at 13049. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.8 91.82
Black 2.42 4.64
Others 1.66 1.14
Hispanic or Latino 1.02 1.23
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.51 0.31
Atkin is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in England which signifies that it is originated from England. Around 12420 people have been found who wears Atkin as their family name. Atkin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,040 Guyana6
122,390 Belarus4
11,480 Japan4
4,915 Panama3
90,215 Germany3
2,113 Taiwan3
10,686 Costa Rica3
40,064 Nigeria2
13,552 Qatar2
44,018 Poland2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
723,167 Indonesia2
18,718 Thailand2
261 Solomon Islands2
21,529 Singapore2
169,904 Brazil1
16,228 Bulgaria1
34,581 Chile1
91,024 Belgium1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
7,191 Afghanistan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
1,704,541 India1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
353 Cook Islands1
25,721 Egypt1
11,486 Estonia1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
4,942 Libya1
16,283 Lithuania1
40,340 Malaysia1
118,015 Netherlands1
153,416 Italy1
3,071 Jersey1
21,562 Portugal1
591 Samoa1
49,529 Israel1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
31,207 Ireland1
14,373 Jordan1
444 Faroe Islands1
6,212 Jamaica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
46,313 Spain43
36,547 Switzerland27
153,005 Ukraine22
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Atkin:
7,445 Canada560
13,743 Turkey489
2,341 New Zealand322
47,329 Russia302
22,865 South Africa256
3,234 Scotland197
2,488 Wales158
Countries with thousands of Atkin:
1,461 England5,447
11,983 United States2,967
2,273 Australia1,368
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 38 years old servant William Atkin who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on October 29, 1849 by Montezuma put out from Liverpool. Immigrant Jno. Atkin, Mary Atkin (40) Immigrant, John Atkin (17) Immigrant, Catharine Atkin, aged 11, Immigrant John Atkin, Johanna Atkin, Bridget Atkin, Mechanic George Atkin, and 1 other Atkin migrated to US.

Comments

S
Shayna Murawski
The origin of the name is Hebrew etymology of the name comes from the medieval Anglo-Saxon atkin derivative of the Hebrew adam personal name which actually means clay that specifies the family name ancestry.

Atkin Namesakes

  • Sir Anthony Barnes Atkinson, Economist
  • M. Alison Atkins, Artist
  • Norman Atkins, Former Canadian Senator
  • Ace Atkins, Journalist
  • Christopher Atkins, Actor
  • Cholly Atkins, Dancer
  • Robin Atkin Downes, Voice actor
  • M. Alison Atkins, Artist
  • Harvey Atkin, Actor
  • Aimie Atkinson, Musical Artist
  • In 2018 thriller flick, Lake House Whisper, Sydney Atkin characterized Mary.

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