as a Last Name
- 7,556
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Atchison
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and northern Irish: palatalized form of Atkinson or Addison, each a patronymic from one of the many medieval pet forms of Adam, for example Atty, Addie, and (with the diminutive suffix -kin) Atkin, Aitkin, and Adkin.
| 4,085th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,556
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Atchison per capita
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