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Adkins

Adkins is a surname of English origin. It is a patronymic derived from the given name Atkin, a diminutive form of Adam, and is closely related to the surnames Atkins and Atkinson. The spelling with the -kins suffix is a common medieval English diminutive used to form family names indicating “son of Adkin” or “little Adkin.”

The name spread to North America with English-speaking settlers and remains most common in the United States

Notable people with the surname include Trace Adkins (born 1962), an American country music singer and actor

See also: Atkins (surname) and Atkinson (surname).

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Variants
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historical
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Atkins,
Adkinson,
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Atkinson,
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regional
spellings
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dialect
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literacy
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career
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numerous
charting
singles
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1990s.