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    The surname Akins

    A surname, carried by 17,868 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A252

    Akins: #2,020 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Akins #2,020, 17,868 people Akins: #2,020 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Akins #2,020, 17,868 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Akins is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,868 people named Akins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,279 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,860.

    #2,020
    rank among US surnames
    17,868
    people in 2010
    6.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,960)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,011Yi17,93417,216
    #2,012Corley17,93117,219
    #2,013Flaherty17,92617,223
    #2,014Drummond17,92217,227
    #2,015Bernstein17,91617,233
    #2,016Darnell17,91517,234
    #2,017Hwang17,90017,248

    Who is named Akins

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

    63% of people named Akins identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Akinss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Claude Akins
      American actor (1926-1994)
    • Nia Akins
      American middle-distance runner, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Akins

    Akins has the Soundex code A252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Akins?
    17,868 people in the United States had the surname Akins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,279 Americans. It ranked 2,020th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Akins?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Akins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Akins?
    Claude Akins, American actor (1926-1994), followed by Nia Akins.
    Where is the surname Akins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Akins in the United States.
    Is the surname Akins getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,868 in 2010, up 6.0%.