Ikin
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ‘little Ida or Ide’, a medieval personal name of Germanic origin; derivation and meaning uncertain
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɪkɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ikin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 59K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 188K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 51K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ikin itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 108 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 51K (inferred from the name graph)
3,628 named Eakin, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘little Ida or Ide’, a medieval personal name of Germanic origin; derivation and meaning uncertain
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ikin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 3,628as Eakin | 1 in 92K | 3.7K | Ikin | 64 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 165K | listed | — | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Ikin | 15 |
| AU Australia | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Ikin | 108 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 188K | 105 | Ikin | 91 |
3,628 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling eakin. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ikin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, diminutive of Ida; first attested Richard Idekyne 1324 FA (W)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Yoruba, sacred palm nuts that are used as divination tools in the consulting of Ifa by babalawos. The using of the ikin is reserved for highly important ceremonies (such as during a Àkọsẹ̀jayé) and is how priests determine the signature of an odù Ifá.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In slr, crop (anything that is planted for its yield)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, ( -kh- Dv , H , A ), ekin ( -kh- Lh ). "Un peu; en parlant des liquides, une goutte" Dv . " Ikhin bat emadazu [...]. Ikhinik eztut ikhusten, je n'y vois goutte. Lo ikhinik eztut egin " H . " Ekhin bat arno " Lh . Zeren ez baitut ogirik, ahurraz atxik ahala irin baizik pitxer batean eta olio ikhin bat olio-untzian . Dv 3 Reg 17, 12 (Ol pittin bat, Ker apur bat ) .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
In Basque, " Ikin ( igi-gin ) [...] motor" Bera app. . Ordularia ikiñak erabilli azitzen duen bezela, gorputzaren atalak biotzak erabilli azitzen ditu . Alz EEs 1929, 8.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jack Ikinb. 1918GBCricket player of England. (1918-1984)
- Austin Ikinb. 1930ZASouth African rower
- Humphrey Ikinb. 1957NZdesigner
- Ben Ikinb. 1977AUAustralian rugby league footballer
- Bridget IkinNZNew Zealand/Australian film producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ikin mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘little Ida or Ide’, a medieval personal name of Germanic origin; derivation and meaning uncertain Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Ikin?
- A machine transcription gives /ɪkɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Ikin have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.6 thousand people named Eakin, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ikin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,628 people named Eakin in 2010, about 1 in 92 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ikinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ikin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.