Hosking Surname

39,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

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.

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Hosking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia6,1111:4,418637
England2,4561:22,6873,167
United States2,1491:168,66417,077
New Zealand8331:5,436878
South Africa5761:94,05911,495
Canada2901:127,05413,264
Dominican Republic2311:45,1642,375
Wales1511:20,4942,174
Cook Islands791:23012
Mexico641:1,939,47218,543
Scotland481:111,5387,348
France281:2,372,240182,981
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Norway91:571,36544,190
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
China31:455,773,85521,925
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1731:11,2171,717
Wales411:38,2542,050
Jersey161:3,243531
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1961:256,21821,129

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).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Hoskin with excrescent -g.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, Welsh) Descendant of little Os or Hos, pet forms of Osbert, Osgood, Osmund and similar names; sometimes a corruption of Hodgkin, q.v.

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

A softened pronunciation of Hodgkins.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Cornish British) From Heschen or Hosleyn, the place of rushes, the sedgy place.

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

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoskings93362/
Osking9234/
Husking8659/
Hasking8630/
Gosking861/
Hesking860/
Haskings80139/
Huisking8085/
Huskings8047/
Chasking801/
Hoskinks801/
Asking7784/
Esking771/
Khoshkink7535/
Chhusking751/
Choskyong751/
Gasking71172/
Askings7122/
Gusking712/
Ochking711/
Auskings6723/
Hasching671/
Hauskeng671/
Huisching631/
Eskång6219/

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