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Atkinson is a surname of Anglo-Scots origin with Norman antecedents. It derives from the pet name Atkin, which is a diminutive of Adam. In Scotland the name is more usually rendered as Acheson, while it is more usually found rendered as Atkinson in England, where it is particularly common in the north.
In England where the earliest of all surname recordings are to be found one Roger Hert appears in the Pipe Rolls of Norfolk in the year 1166, and Simon le Hert is noted in the tax rolls known as the 'Feet of Fines' for the county of Kent in 1194.he first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Aelfric Hort, which was dated circa 1060, in the Olde English Byname Register, Hampshire, during the reign of King Edward, known as The Confessor, 1040 - 1066. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation.