How common is the surname Adkins?

73,599 people in the United States had the surname Adkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,195 Americans. It ranked 449th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Adkins?

Derrick Adkins, American athletics competitor (born 1970), followed by Trace Adkins.

Where is the surname Adkins most common?

Wikidata records people named Adkins in the United States.

How do you pronounce Adkins?

Adkins is /ˈæd.kɪnz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Adkins getting more or less common?

More common. 71,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 73,599 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Adkins

A patronymic surname, carried by 73,599 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈæd.kɪnz/ 2 syllables Soundex A325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adkins is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

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

Adkins is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 73,599 people named Adkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,195 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 71,528.

#449

rank among US surnames

73,599

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #408)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#440	Gross	74,503	4,144
#441	Doyle	74,458	4,147
#442	Garner	74,324	4,154
#443	Newton	74,092	4,167
#444	Burgess	73,931	4,176
#445	Reese	73,919	4,177
#446	Walton	73,854	4,180

Who is named Adkins

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Adkins identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Adkinss

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Derrick Adkins
American athletics competitor (born 1970)
Trace Adkins
American country music singer and actor, born 1962
Charles Adkins
American boxer (1932–1993)
Seth Adkins
American actor, born 1989
Homer Burton Adkins
American chemist (1892-1949)
Jim Adkins
American rock musician, born 1975
Dorothy Adkins
American psychologist, 1912–1975
Homer Martin Adkins
32nd Governor of Arkansas (1890–1964)
Hasil Adkins
American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1937-2005)
Sinbad
American comedian and actor, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Adkins

Adkins has the Soundex code A325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A325.

Questions

Where does the surname Adkins come from?: From Adkin, diminutive of Adam + the patronymic suffix -s.
How common is the surname Adkins?: 73,599 people in the United States had the surname Adkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,195 Americans. It ranked 449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Adkins?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Adkins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Adkins?: Derrick Adkins, American athletics competitor (born 1970), followed by Trace Adkins.
Where is the surname Adkins most common?: Wikidata records people named Adkins in the United States.
How do you pronounce Adkins?: Adkins is /ˈæd.kɪnz/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Adkins?: Adkins is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Adkins getting more or less common?: More common. 71,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 73,599 in 2010, up 2.9%.