Akin is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Akin
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: Akin is another form of surname Aiken which means Oaken. Hard or firm as a tree of Oak.

How popular is Akin?

Akin is common in Turkey.

Akin is ranked 2342 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Akin bearers increased by 2.960134 per cent in 2010 US census to 8626 since 2000, the surname slipped by 218 spots and ranked at 4114. The last name was found in around 29 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.93 92.11
Black 2.97 2.35
Hispanic or Latino 2.9 1.67
Others 1.97 2.11
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.15 0.99
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.09 0.76
Akin is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Turkey which signifies that it is originated from Turkey. Around 234079 people have been found who wears Akin as their family name. Akin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,441 Georgia8
6,235 Costa Rica7
9,759 Japan5
3,904 Ivory Coast4
25,074 Greece3
20,541 Peru3
1,851 Togo3
3,841 Bosnia3
119,730 Brazil3
22,232 Morocco3
127,708 Czech Republic3
26,321 Israel3
4,164 Vietnam2
17,692 Armenia2
12,161 Wales2
4,104 South Korea2
4,231 Jamaica2
20,186 Kenya2
10,395 Latvia2
1,136 Mali2
476 Djibouti2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
17,547 Colombia2
95,312 Argentina2
12,844 Pakistan2
5,817 Albania2
28,083 Romania2
5,467 Haiti1
2,715 Gabon1
7,198 Maldives1
25,746 Finland1
25,721 Egypt1
30,360 Thailand1
510 East Timor1
7,191 Afghanistan1
28,746 Algeria1
15,705 Cameroon1
36,678 Singapore1
29,595 Iran1
14,373 Jordan1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,005 The Gambia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
14,644 Tunisia1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
13,447 Uganda1
11,510 Oman1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
56,169 Mexico1
6,967 Macedonia1
3,952 Yemen1
4,942 Libya1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
90,903 Moldova1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
12,527 Denmark44
1,033 Iceland38
17,080 Kyrgyzstan37
13,396 Serbia34
9,692 Ireland27
63,662 Spain26
49,545 Belarus20
11,333 Azerbaijan17
5,809 Trinidad and Tobago17
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,434 Australia98
5,861 Bulgaria93
8,986 Norway85
3,722 Qatar68
68,685 Ukraine68
35,558 Kazakhstan67
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
1,594 Cyprus60
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Akin:
6,864 Uzbekistan530
21,507 Indonesia525
21,615 France453
6,557 Ghana399
7,046 Netherlands394
15,860 Poland382
7,134 Malaysia278
22,865 South Africa256
5,126 Austria236
18,637 Canada194
9,543 Belgium193
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
69,794 Russia186
44,259 Italy179
118,690 India165
8,235 Switzerland144
9,090 Sweden102
Countries with thousands of Akin:
2,376 Germany3,530
1,613 Iraq2,659
4,414 England1,678
1,524 Benin1,172
Countries with ten thousands of Akin:
284 Nigeria80,086
3,496 United States11,444
Countries with hundred thousands of Akin:
56 Turkey127,625
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Lucy Akin from Ireland aboard the Elizabeth from Belfast during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 35 years old when she arrived in USA on May 4, 1849. Jane Akin, aged 15, 12 years old John Akin, Sarah Akin, Workman Robert Akin, Workwoman Nancy Akin, 21 years old Eliza Akin, Elisa Akin, aged 25, Mary Akin (23) Workwoman, and 6 other Akin around 85.71% of whom were workman migrated to US from Belfast, Liverpool and Londonderry.

Akin Namesakes

  • Abayomi A. Akinola, Author
  • Abimbola Maria Akindele, Funke Akindele's sister
  • Abiodun Akinwale, Author
  • Oba Gabriel Akinyemi Abiodun, Author
  • Peter Akinola, Religious Leader
  • Kayode Akintemi, Broadcaster
  • Ade Akinbiyi, Soccer player
  • Ade Akinbode, Author
  • Adebayo Akinfenwa, Soccer player
  • Bimbo Akintola, Actress
  • Erdem Akin characterized central role of N in 2014 comedy movie Oflu Hoca'nin Sifresi.
  • In 1990 romance movie, Bir Içim Su, Arzu Akin played N.
  • Sevgi Akin, from 1974 drama flick Zavalli, who characterized N.
  • Cem Akin, from 2017 sci-fi film Monongahela, who characterized Curator at the museum.
  • In 2009, Riza Akin characterized the role of Ramiz in drama, thriller film Karanliktakiler.

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