Hoskin Surname
Approximately 8,643 people bear this surname
Hoskin Surname Definition:
i) Bapt. 'the son of Osmund, —or— Osgood,' or 'Osberne.' There can be little doubt about this derivation. The aspirate is commonly found in names beginning with vowels; compare Hoddy for Oddy, or Hosgood for Osgood, or Hodson for Odson. This being settled the rest is easy.
Read More About This SurnameHoskin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,625 | 1:138,080 | 14,418 |
| England | 2,054 | 1:27,127 | 3,701 |
| Australia | 1,985 | 1:13,600 | 1,948 |
| Canada | 840 | 1:43,864 | 5,426 |
| New Zealand | 697 | 1:6,497 | 1,092 |
| South Africa | 188 | 1:288,179 | 28,102 |
| Wales | 44 | 1:70,330 | 6,116 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,249 | 1:19,516 | 2,797 |
| Wales | 84 | 1:18,672 | 1,092 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 529 | 1:94,931 | 9,707 |
Hoskin (64) may also be a first name.
Hoskin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
i) Bapt. 'the son of Osmund, —or— Osgood,' or 'Osberne.' There can be little doubt about this derivation. The aspirate is commonly found in names beginning with vowels; compare Hoddy for Oddy, or Hosgood for Osgood, or Hodson for Odson. This being settled the rest is easy. Oskin must be a diminutive like Wilkin or Watkin, and the only question is, Was it a diminutive of Osmund, Osgood, or Osberne? The 'g' in Hosking is excrescent.
Osekin (without surname), London, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robert Osekin, London, ibid.
(a) Bapt. 'the son of Roger,' from nick. Hodge, diminutive Hodgekin, corruptly pronounced Hotchkin, then Hoskin, with excrescent 'g' Hosking. I merely suggest this as a possibility. All evidence is in favour of (1).
1 = Hose3 (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. -kin.
2 a contraction of one of the common Os- names with added H- and + the English diminutive suff. -kin.
3 confused with Hodgkin, q.v.
(English, Welsh) Descendant of little Os or Hos, pet forms of Osbert, Osgood, Osmund and similar names; sometimes a corruption of Hodgkin, q.v.
A softened pronunciation of Hodgkins.
(Cornish British) From Heschen or Hosleyn, the place of rushes, the sedgy place.
Hoskin Demographics
Average Male Hoskin Height
175.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hoskin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoskin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hoskin is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hoskin.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoskin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 58,495th most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 843,173 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 39 percent of Hoskin live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America. Hoskin is also the 1,223,525th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 64 people.
Hoskin is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,625 people, or 1 in 138,080. In The United States Hoskin is primarily concentrated in: California, where 8 percent reside, Illinois, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 45 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 23 percent reside.
Hoskin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hoskin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hoskin last name rose 496 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 48 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 720 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Hoskin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Hoskin surname is chiefly Anglican (70%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hoskin last name are 5.24% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.01% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hoskin earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 27.75% more than the national average, earning R 303,588 per year; in United States they earn 6.88% less than the national average, earning $40,180 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.98% more than the national average, earning $51,163 CAD per year.
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Hoskin Reference & Research
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