Hoskins Surname

13,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,411 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Hoskins 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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Hoskins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States30,7291:11,7951,467
England4,7571:11,7131,729
Australia2,0031:13,4781,936
Canada1,8231:20,2122,798
Wales6441:4,805523
New Zealand5071:8,9321,540
South Africa3511:154,35217,426
Scotland2001:26,7692,879
Ireland551:85,6174,914
Northern Ireland491:37,6543,578
Liberia271:163,27911,522
France241:2,767,613196,808
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
India151:51,137,692512,385
Trinidad and Tobago141:97,4276,588
Bermuda121:5,440820
Belgium121:958,05473,966
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Norway61:857,04855,549
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
China51:273,464,31313,838
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Comoros11:749,524685
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Guam11:160,1214,893
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland461:96,3016,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,4951:9,7701,471
Wales4051:3,873271
Scotland281:133,6865,889
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4511:11,2831,470

Hoskins (83) may also be a first name.

Hoskins 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

(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

From the Dutch, Huskens; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Hoskins Last Name Facts

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

Hoskins (Arabic: هوسكنس) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hoskins? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hoskins is the 13,490th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 175,981 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Hoskins are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,052,971st most common first name in the world, held by 83 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 30,729 people, or 1 in 11,795. In The United States Hoskins is mostly found in: Kentucky, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 66 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Hoskins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hoskins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hoskins surname rose 690 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 714 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 120 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hoskins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (80%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hoskins last name are 17.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.26% being registered with the party.

The amount Hoskins earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.54% more than the national average, earning 372,187 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 91.64% more than the national average, earning R 455,412 per year; in United States they earn 7.11% less than the national average, earning $40,079 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.56% more than the national average, earning $50,957 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Hoskins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hoskins in the Arabic language
هوسكنسhwskns-

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