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The surname Adkison

A surname, carried by 3,196 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A322

Adkison: #10,085 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Adkison #10,085, 3,196 people Adkison: #10,085 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Adkison #10,085, 3,196 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adkison is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,196 people named Adkison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,604 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,993.

#10,085
rank among US surnames
3,196
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+6.8%
change since 2000 (was #9,945)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,079Gaudette3,19896,543
#10,082Kiker3,19796,574
#10,085Risinger3,19696,604
#10,088Kahle3,19596,634
#10,090Koziol3,19496,664
#10,092Mines3,19396,694

Who is named Adkison

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

87% of people named Adkison identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 87%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Adkison

Adkison has the Soundex code A322, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A322.

Questions

How common is the surname Adkison?
3,196 people in the United States had the surname Adkison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,604 Americans. It ranked 10,085th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Adkison?
In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Adkison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Adkison getting more or less common?
More common. 2,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,196 in 2010, up 6.8%.