What is "eakins"

Eakins is an English surname. People with this name include:

• Dallas Eakins (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey defenseman and head coach
• Jim Eakins (born 1946), American basketball player
• John Eakins (1923/4–1998), Canadian politician
• Peter Eakins (born 1947), Australian rules footballer
• Susan Macdowell Eakins (1851–1938), American artist, wife of Thomas Eakins
• Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), American artist