Hitchen Surname
Approximately 4,890 people bear this surname
Hitchen Surname Definition:
1 = Hitch (q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -in.
2 belonging to Hitchin (Herts), the Domesday Hiz, 13th cent. Hi(t)che, 16th cent. Hichen. The name is doubtful, but may poss. be referable to the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Hic- (with a local suff.
Read More About This SurnameHitchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,480 | 1:16,011 | 2,331 |
| United States | 408 | 1:888,380 | 67,160 |
| Australia | 396 | 1:68,171 | 8,115 |
| Canada | 257 | 1:143,368 | 14,728 |
| Scotland | 76 | 1:70,445 | 5,436 |
| Northern Ireland | 75 | 1:24,600 | 2,768 |
| New Zealand | 67 | 1:67,587 | 10,255 |
| Wales | 49 | 1:63,154 | 5,613 |
| Isle of Man | 22 | 1:3,901 | 846 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,034 | 1:11,984 | 1,820 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 68 | 1:738,510 | 47,095 |
Hitchen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
1 = Hitch (q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -in.
2 belonging to Hitchin (Herts), the Domesday Hiz, 13th cent. Hi(t)che, 16th cent. Hichen. The name is doubtful, but may poss. be referable to the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Hic- (with a local suff. lost). The place- and river-name Hiz is discussed at some length in Skeat’s ‘Place-Names of Hertfordshire,’ p. 62.
(English) One who came from Hitchin (the Hicce tribe), in Hertfordshire; the son of little Hitch or Hick, pet forms of Richard (rule, hard).
Hitchen Demographics
Hitchen Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Hitchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hitchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hitchen is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hitchen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 97,128th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,490,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Hitchen reside; 76 percent reside in Northern Europe and 76 percent reside in British Isles.
The last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 3,480 people, or 1 in 16,011. In England Hitchen is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 21 percent live, Lancashire, where 13 percent live and Cheshire, where 9 percent live. Other than England Hitchen is found in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Hitchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hitchen has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Hitchen last name grew 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 760 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 4,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Hitchen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hitchen surname are 10.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.73% being registered with the party.
The amount Hitchen earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 28.1% less than the national average, earning 248,829 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.53% less than the national average, earning $39,037 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.03% more than the national average, earning $49,700 CAD per year.
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