Atkinson Family History
- Atkinson Name Meaning
- Northern English: patronymic from the personal name Atkin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,858,609 Historical Documents with Atkinson on Ancestry
- 1,444,741 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 901,697 Census and Voter Lists
- 105,358 Military Records
- 86,170 Immigration Records
- 1,320,643 Member Trees
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Number of Atkinson families
 5,009 - 10,016  1,670 - 5,008 |
 1 - 1,669  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Atkinson families
|
163 - 323 55 - 162 |
1 - 54 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Atkinson census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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