Aiken
See also: aiken
English edit
Etymology edit
From a mostly Irish variant of Adkin and Atkin, diminutives of the given name Adam.
Proper noun edit
Aiken (countable and uncountable, plural Aikens)
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A city, the county seat of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Aiken is the 2816th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12812 individuals. Aiken is most common among White (66.4%) and Black/African American (27.64%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aiken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.