Atkinson

51,453 people in the United States were counted with the surname Atkinson in the 2020 census, making it the 642nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 5,809.

By the numbers

People: 51,453
Rank: 642nd
How common: 1 in 5,809
Per 100,000: 17.2

Where the name comes from

Origin Middle English, from a patronymic

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Atkinson described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 76.2%
Black, not Hispanic 13.7%
Hispanic or Latino 5.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson (born 1955)English actor, comedian, and screenwriter
Ron Atkinson (born 1939)English footballer, manager and commentator
Kate Atkinson (born 1951)English writer of novels, plays and short stories
Gemma Atkinson (born 1984)British actress and model
Martin Atkinson (born 1971)English professional football referee
Jayne Atkinson (born 1959)British actress
Nathaniel Atkinson (born 1999)Australian association football player
Anthony Barnes Atkinson (1944–2017)British economist

People named Atkinson with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Atkinson

Atkins

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.