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Atkinson
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English
Etymology
From en Atkin or en Atkins -son.
Pronunciation
en /ˈætkɪnsən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Atkinson.wav Southern England
Proper noun
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en Middle English < patronymics meaning "son of Atkin", a en enm - diminutive of Adam.
en April 15, 2012 Phil McNulty w:BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17649443 Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea Fuelled by their fury, Spurs surged forward and gave themselves hope after 56 minutes when Scott Parker's precise through-ball released Adebayor. He was pulled down in the area by Cech but referee Atkinson allowed play to continue for Bale to roll the ball into an empty net. https://web.archive.org/web/20220330065543/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17649443
A placename:
en number of places c/USA:
en town/and/twp co/Henry County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Center co/Benton County s/Indiana.
en An unincorporated <<township>> in <<co/Piscataquis County>>, <<s/Maine>>.
en twp co/Carlton County s/Minnesota.
en city/and/twp co/Holt County s/Nebraska.
en town co/Rockingham County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Atkinson, New Hampshire
en town co/Pender County s/North Carolina.
en community in co/Cumberland County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en village par/Saint Andrew c/Dominica.
en Atkinson County.
Derived terms
en Mount Atkinson Atkinson County Atkinsonian
Translations
Transliterations of the surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿特金森 Ātèjīnsēn
Japanese: ja アトキンソン Atokinson
Russian: ru А́ткинсон
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Atkinson is the 637th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 53,376 individuals. Atkinson is most common among White (79.3%) and Black/African American (14.0%) individuals.
See also
en Adkinson Atkins Atkin
References
en surnames from given names