Aiken

See also: aiken

English

Etymology

From a mostly Irish variant of Adkin and Atkin, diminutives of the given name Adam.

Proper noun

Aiken (countable and uncountable, plural Aikens)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A city, the county seat of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States.

Derived terms

• Aiken County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aiken is the 2816^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aiken”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.

Anagrams

• Eakin, Kaine, Kenai, akeni, enkai, nakie