Adkerson Surname

594,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 524 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Adkerson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adkerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5201:697,03655,176
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2841:176,82615,798

Adkerson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adkerson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Adkerson is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Adkerson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 594,812th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 13,907,530 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Adkerson live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 520 people, or 1 in 697,036. In The United States it is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 16 percent live, Georgia, where 13 percent live and Missouri, where 11 percent live. Beside The United States Adkerson exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent live and Guam, where 0 percent live.

Adkerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Adkerson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Adkerson last name grew 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Adkerson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Adkerson surname are 20.22% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.99% being registered to vote for the political party.

Adkerson earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.82% less than the national average, earning $36,321 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Adkerson
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