Akins Surname
Approximately 25,203 people bear this surname
Akins Surname Definition:
(English, Scottish) Variants of Aiken, q.v.; dweller near Akin, a strait in Scotland named after King Hakon of Norway.
Akins Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,041 | 1:15,731 | 2,000 |
| Canada | 568 | 1:64,869 | 7,554 |
| Nigeria | 535 | 1:331,108 | 18,084 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| England | 288 | 1:193,465 | 17,079 |
| Australia | 126 | 1:214,252 | 20,680 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 12 | 1:9,198 | 1,357 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Grenada | 11 | 1:9,867 | 804 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 1:717,487 | 10,371 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 74 | 1:329,397 | 21,471 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,969 | 1:25,505 | 3,151 |
Akins (374) may also be a first name.
Akins Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English, Scottish) Variants of Aiken, q.v.; dweller near Akin, a strait in Scotland named after King Hakon of Norway.
Akins Demographics
Akins Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Akins Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akins Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akins (Arabic: اكينس, Russian: Акинс) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akins? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akins is the 21,603rd most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 289,154 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Akins are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 448,725th most common given name world-wide, held by 374 people.
The last name Akins is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 23,041 people, or 1 in 15,731. In The United States Akins is most numerous in: Georgia, where 17 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 61 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Akins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Akins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Akins last name increased 1,170 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 389 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Akins Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Akins last name are 15.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.6% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Akins earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.27% less than the national average, earning $40,010 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.14% less than the national average, earning $48,125 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akins Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akins in the Russian language | ||
| Акинс | akins | - |
| Akins in the Arabic language | ||
| اكينس | akyns | - |
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Akins Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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