Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English Atkin . The personal name Atkin is one of many pet forms of the name Adam .[1]
The name corresponds to the Scottish name Aitchison . The name Atkinson is particularly common in Northern England . At the time of the British Census of 1881,[2] its relative frequency was highest in Westmorland (19.8 times the British average), followed by Cumberland , County Durham , Northumberland , Yorkshire , Lincolnshire , Lancashire , Cheshire and Rutland . In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster and particularly in counties Antrim and Down. Some Atkinsons are descended from Planters , although the name was recorded in Ireland before that period.[3]
Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region , having been originally spelt Atzinson (with the 'z' being pronounced as 'y', as in yet ).[3]
People with the surname
A Adeline Detroit Wood Atkinson (1841–1916), American hotelierAimie Atkinson , British stage actress and singerAl Atkinson , American football playerAlan Atkinson , Australian Rules footballerAlan Atkinson (historian) , Australian historianAlfred Atkinson , British soldierAlia Atkinson , Jamaican swimmerAnthony Barnes Atkinson , British economistArthur Atkinson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAshlie Atkinson , American actress
B Barbara Atkinson (1926–2015), English actressBasil Atkinson , (1895–1971) Under-librarian of Cambridge University, writer on theologyBert Atkinson , fictional character from EastEnders Bill Atkinson , creator of Apple Computer's QuickDraw , MacPaint and HyperCard Bill Atkinson (baseball) , Major League Baseball pitcherBill Atkinson (designer) (1916–1995), American fashion designerBill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944) (1944–2013), English footballerBridget Atkinson (1732–1814), English shell collector.Brodie Atkinson , Australian rules footballerBrooks Atkinson , New York Times theatre criticBruce Atkinson , Australian politician
C Cam Atkinson , American ice hockey playerCarl Atkinson (died 1985), Australian diver and salvage expertChloe Atkinson , fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale Chris Atkinson , Australian rally driverC. T. Atkinson , (1874–1964), Oxford military historianChristopher Atkinson (missionary) (fl 1652–5), early Quaker missionary from Westmorland and one of the Valiant SixtyChristopher Atkinson Saville (c. 1738 –1819), alter known as Christopher Atkinson until about 1798, English merchant and politicianColin Atkinson , British cricketer and teacher
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I Isabel Atkinson (1891–1968), British-Canadian philanthropist and women's rights activist
J James Atkinson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJanelle Atkinson (born 1982), Jamaican freestyle swimmerJanette Atkinson , British psychologist and academicJanice Atkinson British MEP for the South East England regionJerry Atkinson , American politicianJoanne Atkinson , English swimmer and Olympic athleteJohn Atkinson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJon Atkinson , English cricketerJoseph E. Atkinson , Canadian newspaper editorJosh Atkinson , English footballerJuliette Atkinson , American tennis playerJune Atkinson , American politician
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L La'Tangela Atkinson , American basketball playerLawrence Atkinson , English artist, musician and poetLefty Atkinson , American baseball playerLeigh Atkinson , English swimmerLeonard Atkinson , British engineer and senior British Army officerLeonard A. Atkinson , New Zealand civil servantLily Atkinson , New Zealand temperance campaigner, suffragist and feministLisle Atkinson , American musicianLlewellyn Atkinson , Australian politicianLouis E. Atkinson , American physician, attorney and politicianLouisa Atkinson , Australian writer, botanist and illustratorLucas Atkinson , American politicianLucy Atkinson , English explorer and author
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T Ted Atkinson , Canadian jockeyTerry Atkinson , British artistThomas Dinham Atkinson , (1864–1948), architect and antiquarian with an interest in English ecclesiastical architectureThomas Lewis Atkinson , English engraverThomas Witlam Atkinson (1799–1861), English architect, artist and travellerTi-Grace Atkinson , American feminist writerTiffany Atkinson (born 1972), British poetTodd Atkinson , Canadian Anglican bishopTom Atkinson (1930–1990), English cricketer
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Species named after a person named Atkinson Lethrinus atkinsoni
See also
References ^ Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com , retrieved 2 July 2011 which cited Dictionary of American Family Names . Oxford University Press . ISBN 0-19-508137-4 . for the surnames "Atkinson" and "Atkin".^ "Atkinson Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014^ a b Bell, Robert (1990) [1988]. The Book of Ulster Surnames (Paperback). Belfast: The Blackstaff Press Limited. ISBN 0-85640-405-5 .