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
Average Akins Salary in
United States
$40,010 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Akins click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akins? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 21,603rd most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 289,154 people. The surname Akins is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Akins live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America. Akins is also the 448,725th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 374 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 23,041 people, or 1 in 15,731. In The United States Akins is most common in: Georgia, where 17 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States Akins is found in 61 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Akins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Akins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Akins surname expanded 1,170 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 389 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 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 adherence of those bearing the Akins last name is principally Presbyterian (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Akins surname are 15.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.6% registered with the political 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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