Aiken is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Aiken
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: Oaken; hard or firm

How popular is Aiken?

Aiken is common in United States.

Aiken is ranked 24638 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Aiken bearers increased by 6.642251 per cent in 2010 US census to 12812 since 2000, the surname slipped by 61 spots and ranked at 2816. The last name was found in around 43 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.4 68.35
Black 27.64 27.52
Others 2.11 1.58
Hispanic or Latino 1.94 1.21
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.02 0.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.89 0.48
Aiken is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 20812 people have been found who wears Aiken as their family name. Aiken is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
101,066 Zimbabwe5
10,542 China4
1,500,361 India2
54,641 Sweden2
12,161 Wales2
5,936 Bahrain2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
13,552 Qatar2
20,837 Venezuela2
44,018 Poland2
91,784 Netherlands2
174,544 Czech Republic1
53,033 Nigeria1
169,904 Brazil1
24,460 Armenia1
30,360 Thailand1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
810,193 Indonesia1
31,584 Peru1
7,292 Vietnam1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
6,820 Angola1
120,357 Argentina1
2,211 Brunei1
24,771 Colombia1
49,101 Denmark1
25,746 Finland1
277,603 France1
2,578 Guam1
12,745 Luxembourg1
480 Micronesia1
38,830 Morocco1
47,891 Norway1
11,510 Oman1
56,169 Mexico1
21,562 Portugal1
11,923 Slovenia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
50,912 Kazakhstan43
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
9,620 Singapore30
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Aiken:
5,017 Australia596
631 Jamaica571
585 Northern Ireland560
12,715 South Africa493
2,589 Scotland263
3,226 New Zealand237
59,024 Germany168
3,419 Ireland115
Countries with thousands of Aiken:
5,075 England1,447
4,123 Canada1,105
Countries with ten thousands of Aiken:
2,682 United States15,009
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Carpenter James Aiken from Ireland aboard the Cambridge from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on May 8, 1846. Sarah Aiken, aged 40, 22 years old Eliza Aiken, Mary Aiken (20) Immigrant, Isaac Aiken, aged 16, 13 years old Annie Aiken, 8 years old William Aiken, Henry Aiken (6), James Aiken, aged 1 year old, and 29 other Aiken around 57.89% of whom were workman while others worked as weaver migrated to US.

Aiken Namesakes

  • Clay Aiken, Singer-songwriter
  • Joan Aiken, Writer
  • Liam Aiken, Actor
  • Conrad Aiken, Writer
  • Kamar Aiken, Football wide receiver
  • Brady Aiken, Baseball pitcher
  • Howard H. Aiken, Physicist
  • George Aiken, American Politician
  • Frederick Aiken, Lawyer
  • Thomas Aiken, Golfer
  • Luke Aiken portrayed vital role of Dennis in 2009 adventure, drama flick How to Survive.

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