Hosking Surname
Approximately 13,155 people bear this surname
Hosking 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 SurnameHosking Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 6,111 | 1:4,418 | 637 |
| England | 2,456 | 1:22,687 | 3,167 |
| United States | 2,149 | 1:168,664 | 17,077 |
| New Zealand | 833 | 1:5,436 | 878 |
| South Africa | 576 | 1:94,059 | 11,495 |
| Canada | 290 | 1:127,054 | 13,264 |
| Dominican Republic | 231 | 1:45,164 | 2,375 |
| Wales | 151 | 1:20,494 | 2,174 |
| Cook Islands | 79 | 1:230 | 12 |
| Mexico | 64 | 1:1,939,472 | 18,543 |
| Scotland | 48 | 1:111,538 | 7,348 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,173 | 1:11,217 | 1,717 |
| Wales | 41 | 1:38,254 | 2,050 |
| Jersey | 16 | 1:3,243 | 531 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 196 | 1:256,218 | 21,129 |
Hosking (31) may also be a first name.
Hosking 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).
= Hoskin with excrescent -g.
(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.
Hosking Demographics
Average Male Hosking Height
177.78 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hosking Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hosking Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hosking is borne by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hosking? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 39,903rd most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 553,975 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 53 percent of Hosking live; 53 percent live in Australasia and 53 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Hosking is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 31 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 6,111 people, or 1 in 4,418. In Australia Hosking is mostly found in: Victoria, where 33 percent live, New South Wales, where 25 percent live and South Australia, where 19 percent live. Barring Australia Hosking occurs in 54 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.
Hosking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hosking has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Hosking last name grew 113 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,096 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 368 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Hosking Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hosking last name are 7.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.81% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hosking earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.87% more than the national average, earning 352,544 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 95.65% more than the national average, earning R 464,928 per year; in United States they earn 5.95% more than the national average, earning $45,715 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $54,105 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskings | 93 | 362 | / |
| Osking | 92 | 34 | / |
| Husking | 86 | 59 | / |
| Hasking | 86 | 30 | / |
| Gosking | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hesking | 86 | 0 | / |
| Haskings | 80 | 139 | / |
| Huisking | 80 | 85 | / |
| Huskings | 80 | 47 | / |
| Chasking | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hoskinks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Asking | 77 | 84 | / |
| Esking | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khoshkink | 75 | 35 | / |
| Chhusking | 75 | 1 | / |
| Choskyong | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gasking | 71 | 172 | / |
| Askings | 71 | 22 | / |
| Gusking | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ochking | 71 | 1 | / |
| Auskings | 67 | 23 | / |
| Hasching | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hauskeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huisching | 63 | 1 | / |
| Eskång | 62 | 19 | / |
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