# Aikin (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 936 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,143 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 329,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.8% (953 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a mostly Scottish variant of Adkin and Atkin, diminutives of the given name Adam.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Aikin 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Aikin in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Aikin

- Arthur Aikin, British chemist, mineralogist, author (1771/73 - 1854)

## Similar surnames

Aiken, Akin, Askin, Aquino, Acuna, Agnew, Aucoin, Agan, Azam, Ahsan, Azcona, Aasen.

## 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.