# Adkins (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/adkins/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 73,599 |
| US rank (2010) | 449 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,195 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (71,528 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæd.kɪnz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Adkin, diminutive of Adam + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Adkins in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Adkins in the United States.

## People named Adkins

- Derrick Adkins, American athletics competitor (born 1970)
- Trace Adkins, American country music singer and actor
- Charles Adkins, American boxer (1932–1993)
- Seth Adkins, American actor
- Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (1892-1949)
- Jim Adkins, American rock musician
- Dorothy Adkins, American psychologist
- Homer Martin Adkins, 32nd Governor of Arkansas (1890–1964)
- Hasil Adkins, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1937-2005)
- Sinbad, American comedian and actor

## Similar surnames

Atkins, Atkinson, Addison, Atkin, Adkinson, Aitken.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.