Atkisson Surname

285,461st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Atkisson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atkisson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3341:271,70825,489
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:171,39515,445

Atkisson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Atkisson is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Atkisson.

How Common Is The Last Name Atkisson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Atkisson is the 285,461st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,410,205 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Atkisson live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,334 people, or 1 in 271,708. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 14 percent live, Missouri, where 13 percent live and Alabama, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Atkisson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Atkisson has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 455 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Atkisson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Atkisson last name are 24.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.32% being registered to vote for the political party.

Atkisson earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.71% less than the national average, earning $39,823 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Atkisson
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