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    The surname Adkinson

    A surname, carried by 2,271 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈæd.kɪn.sən/ 3 syllables Soundex A325

    Adkinson: #13,418 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Adkinson #13,418, 2,271 people Adkinson: #13,418 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Adkinson #13,418, 2,271 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adkinson is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Adkins or Adkin -son.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,271 people named Adkinson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,951 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,210.

    #13,418
    rank among US surnames
    2,271
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,793)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,413Weingarten2,272135,892
    #13,418Presson2,271135,951
    #13,427Legere2,270136,011

    Who is named Adkinson

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

    75% of people named Adkinson identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Adkinson

    Adkinson 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 Adkinson come from?
    From Adkins or Adkin -son.
    How common is the surname Adkinson?
    2,271 people in the United States had the surname Adkinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,951 Americans. It ranked 13,418th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Adkinson?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Adkinson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Adkinson?
    Adkinson is /ˈæd.kɪn.sən/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Adkinson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,271 in 2010, up 2.8%.