Hinkson Surname

114,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,053 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Hinkson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hinxton,' a parish in Cambridgeshire, nine miles from Cambridge. It is almost certain that the American Hinkson is a modified form.

Walter de Hinxston, Cambridgeshire, 1273.

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Hinkson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3751:152,61415,662
Barbados6861:419110
Trinidad and Tobago3251:4,197689
Canada1861:198,09519,415
England1671:333,64124,529
Panama691:56,6992,645
Saint Lucia461:3,887565
Jamaica361:79,7213,712
Guyana341:22,4182,700
Belize291:12,2581,436
Australia291:930,88655,860
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
France31:22,140,907385,998
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4541:110,61411,006

Hinkson (31) may also be a first name.

Hinkson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hinxton,' a parish in Cambridgeshire, nine miles from Cambridge. It is almost certain that the American Hinkson is a modified form.

Walter de Hinxston, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1785. Married — Philip Hingston and Ann Saint John: St. George, Hanover Square.

1796. — Thomas Hingston and Phillis Burgess: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

For Hingston, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Hinkson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hinkson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Hinkson is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Hinkson.

How Common Is The Last Name Hinkson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hinkson is the 114,083rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,798,062 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Hinkson are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Hinkson is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held given name worldwide. It is borne by 31 people.

Hinkson is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,375 people, or 1 in 152,614. In The United States Hinkson is most numerous in: New York, where 20 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Barbados, where 17 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 8 percent reside.

Hinkson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hinkson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hinkson surname grew 523 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 4,175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 108 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hinkson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hinkson last name are 1.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.87% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Hinkson earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.52% more than the national average, earning $45,532 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.05% more than the national average, earning $50,702 CAD per year.

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