Atken Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 4
Lincolnshire 8
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Atken Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Atken family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Scholar 2
Labourer 1
Domestic Employ 1
Glove Stitcher 1
Farmer 1
Farmers Son 1
Farmers Wife 1
Joiner Journeyman 1
Joiners Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Atken

Name Census Frequency
William Atken 16
Mary Atken 15
John Atken 12
Elizabeth Atken 8
James Atken 8
Thomas Atken 8
Annie Atken 6
George Atken 6
Emily Atken 4
Lucy Atken 4
Margaret Atken 4
Ada Atken 3
Alexander Atken 3
Ann Atken 3
Charles Atken 3
Frances Atken 3
Robert Atken 3
Alice Atken 2
Edith Atken 2
Edward Atken 2
Eliza Atken 2
Elsie Atken 2
Francis Atken 2
Frank Atken 2
Geo Atken 2

Atken Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Atkin 80% 26,165
2 Aitken 83% 5,248
3 Aitkin 67% 1,468
4 Atken 100% 197

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The surname Atken is the 4th most popular variant of Atkin.

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