Hitchens Surname

96,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,918 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Hitchens Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Hitchin (the Hicce tribe), in Hertfordshire; the son of little Hitch or Hick, pet forms of Richard (rule, hard).

Hitchens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8821:125,76613,353
England1,1021:50,5616,266
Australia5121:52,7266,511
Canada1461:252,36723,920
New Zealand1061:42,7207,111
South Africa591:918,26658,838
Wales251:123,7819,267
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
France41:16,605,680368,153
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6691:36,4364,738
Wales581:27,0421,534
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6481:77,4988,234

Hitchens (12) may also be a first name.

Hitchens Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Hitchin (the Hicce tribe), in Hertfordshire; the son of little Hitch or Hick, pet forms of Richard (rule, hard).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Local. A town in Hertfordshire, England.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Hitchens Last Name Facts

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

Hitchens is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hitchens click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hitchens? popularity and diffusion

It is the 96,669th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,481,811 people. The last name Hitchens is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Hitchens live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America. Hitchens is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 2,882 people, or 1 in 125,766. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Delaware, where 21 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 8 percent reside and Maryland, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Hitchens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hitchens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hitchens last name expanded 445 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it fell 57 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 183 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hitchens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hitchens surname are 17.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.88% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Hitchens earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 106.67% more than the national average, earning R 491,124 per year; in United States they earn 1.78% more than the national average, earning $43,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.02% less than the national average, earning $43,712 CAD per year.

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