How common is the surname Aitken?

4,347 people in the United States had the surname Aitken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,025 Americans. It ranked 7,638th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Aitken?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Aitken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Aitken?

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer (1879-1964), followed by Spottiswoode Aitken.

Where is the surname Aitken most common?

Wikidata records people named Aitken in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Aitken getting more or less common?

More common. 4,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,347 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Aitken

A Scottish surname, carried by 4,347 people in the United States.

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). Aitken is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Scottish origin

Variant of Aitkin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,347 people named Aitken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,025 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,150.

#7,638

rank among US surnames

4,347

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,403)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,629	Brann	4,350	70,976
#7,633	Stites	4,349	70,992
#7,637	Zabala	4,348	71,009
#7,638	Grizzle	4,347	71,025
#7,641	Walcott	4,346	71,041
#7,643	Kerby	4,345	71,058
#7,644	Ito	4,344	71,074

Who is named Aitken

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

91% of people named Aitken identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Aitkens

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer (1879-1964)
Spottiswoode Aitken
British-born American actor (1868–1933)
Brett Aitken
Australian cyclist, born 1971
Robert Ingersoll Aitken
American sculptor (1878–1949)
Maria Aitken
British actress, writer, producer and director, born 1945
Will Aitken
American-Canadian writer, born 1949
David D. Aitken
American congressman for Michigan (1853-1930)
Grover Dale
American actor, dancer and choreographer, born 1935

Notable Aitkens come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Aitken

Aitken 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 Aitken come from?: Variant of Aitkin.
How common is the surname Aitken?: 4,347 people in the United States had the surname Aitken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,025 Americans. It ranked 7,638th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Aitken?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Aitken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Aitken?: Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer (1879-1964), followed by Spottiswoode Aitken.
Where is the surname Aitken most common?: Wikidata records people named Aitken in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
Is the surname Aitken getting more or less common?: More common. 4,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,347 in 2010, up 4.7%.