# Atkin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/atkin/  
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) | 2,353 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,049 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 131,214 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (2,285 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a medieval English and Irish given name. A diminutive of Adam using -kin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Atkin 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Atkin in the United States.

## People named Atkin

- Izzy Atkin, British-American freestyle skier

## Similar surnames

Aitken, Adkins, Atkinson, Atkins, Addison, Adkinson.

## 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.