Adkins is used as a family name or surname in English. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Adkins
No. of characters: 6
Origin: English
Meaning: Adkins means little Adam or the son of Adam (a Hebrew first name meaning red, earthly or man), from Ad and kins, a diminutive, signifying child, from the German kind, like Wilkins, Tompkins and so on.

How popular is Adkins?

Adkins is common in United States.

Adkins is ranked 6469 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Adkins bearers increased by 2.89537 per cent in 2010 US census to 73599 since 2000, the surname slipped by 41 spots and ranked at 449. The last name was found in around 250 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.2 88.92
Black 8.02 7.52
Others 1.83 1.26
Hispanic or Latino 1.72 1.15
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.84 0.87
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.38 0.28
Adkins is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 84036 people have been found who wears Adkins as their family name. Adkins is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
13,220 Thailand6
103,755 Czech Republic5
2,011 South Korea4
1,014,159 India4
22,232 Morocco3
10,686 Costa Rica3
16,136 Kenya3
78,945 Argentina3
108,034 Italy3
70,383 Tanzania3
14,054 China3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
40,064 Nigeria2
10,183 Jordan2
4,367 Afghanistan2
17,692 Armenia2
65,594 Belgium2
5,298 Botswana2
2,724 New Caledonia1
25,721 Egypt1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
810,193 Indonesia1
24,176 Qatar1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
15,705 Cameroon1
37,493 Austria1
28,746 Algeria1
50,549 Georgia1
17,236 Ghana1
5,467 Haiti1
9,591 Panama1
36,678 Singapore1
77,122 Sweden1
6,212 Jamaica1
17,575 Kuwait1
53,505 Turkey1
13,447 Uganda1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
29,774 Venezuela1
8,859 Iraq1
9,498 Iceland1
3,586 Honduras1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
92,266 Ukraine46
442 Guam39
246 Guernsey36
28,564 Switzerland36
62,267 Spain27
78,557 Netherlands13
5,493 Japan11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
117,149 France73
159,687 Russia62
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Adkins:
3,910 Australia776
7,276 Canada576
18,206 Germany572
39,199 Philippines258
17,404 Mexico209
7,748 Tunisia132
4,630 Scotland125
6,206 New Zealand121
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Adkins:
2,661 England2,952
6,027 South Africa1,078
Countries with ten thousands of Adkins:
446 United States76,563
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Comments

C
Charlette Maza
The origin of the name is Hebrew the Surname comes from the agglutination of the diminutive English atkin the Hebrew adam personal name and the suffix s which means the son of atkin or adam - clay; and by extension one that is made of clay that specifies the family name ancestry.

Adkins Namesakes

  • Trace Adkins, Singer
  • Scott Adkins, Actor
  • Nigel Adkins, Soccer player
  • Hasil Adkins, Singer-songwriter
  • Amanda Adkins, Swimmer
  • Jim Adkins, Singer
  • Seth Adkins, Actor
  • Derrick Adkins, Olympic athlete
  • Spencer Adkins, Football linebacker
  • Dan Adkins, Comic Book Inker
  • Cain Adkins played the leading role of Guy Pattinson in 2017 0 film Unexpected Arrival.
  • In 2014 horror flick, Hank vs. The Undead, Austin Adkins portrayed Austin.
  • In 2009 fantasy film, Nancy Barry's Big Case, Keifer Adkins characterized James Carter.
  • In 2008, Lara Adkins played the role of Emma Cartwright in horror film The Wretched.

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