Hitchener Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Hitchener Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hitchener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1281:210,90420,401
United States441:8,237,703362,142
England361:1,547,72466,012
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Hitchener Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hitchener is more frequently found in Australia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hitchener? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hitchener is the 1,111,382nd most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Hitchener reside; 58 percent reside in Australasia and 58 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Hitchener is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 210,904. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: Queensland, where 57 percent are found, New South Wales, where 38 percent are found and Australian Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Other than Australia Hitchener exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and England, where 16 percent are found.

Hitchener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hitchener has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hitchener last name grew 550 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hitchener Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hitchener last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Hitchener earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hitchener
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