Atchison is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Atchison
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Atchison

How popular is Atchison?

Atchison is common in Canada.

Atchison is ranked 40685 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Atchison bearers increased by 3.883742 per cent in 2010 US census to 8185 since 2000, the surname slipped by 170 spots and ranked at 4338. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.05 84.35
Black 11.45 11.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.6
Others 1.86 1.66
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.71 0.67
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.43 0.33
Atchison is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 12013 people have been found who wears Atchison as their family name. Atchison is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
90,215 Germany3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
12,161 Wales2
131,225 Spain2
50,640 Switzerland2
26,123 Malaysia2
1,704,541 India1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,057 Isle of Man1
3,071 Jersey1
53,033 Nigeria1
77,122 Sweden1
118,015 Netherlands1
66,560 Philippines1
7,895 South Korea1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
492,292 Ukraine1
277,603 France1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,692 Scotland33
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Atchison:
6,227 Australia466
17,618 England312
6,410 New Zealand116
Countries with thousands of Atchison:
4,088 United States9,803
3,918 Canada1,174
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Rich. Atchison was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 1, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Wisconsin from Liverpool. Margaret Atchison, aged 20, 28 years old David Atchison, Maid Eliza Atchison, are others that migrated to US.

Atchison Namesakes

  • Doug Atchison, Director
  • Tex Atchison, Musician
  • Don Atchison, Canadian Politician
  • Doug Atchison, Director
  • David Rice Atchison, Former United States Senator

Atchison Namesakes

  • Doug Atchison, Director
  • Tex Atchison, Musician
  • Don Atchison, Canadian Politician
  • Doug Atchison, Director
  • David Rice Atchison, Former United States Senator

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