Last Name HASTINGS

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Meaning The son of Hasting. Aslo, local, 'of Hastings,' in county Sussex, the proncipal of the Cinque ports.
Local: Derived from the borough of 'Hastings,' in Sussex, England, which is memorable for the landing of William the Conqueror, and defeat and death of Harold II, in 1066. Camden derives this name from one Hastings, a Dane, a great robber, who either seized, or built, or fortified it. Somnerus derives it from the Saxon 'haeste,' heat, because of the bubbling or boiling of the sea in that place; but as 'haste' applies rather to voluntary beings, as men and other animals, the name more correctly signifies one who hurries, presses, drives; vehemency, quickness of motion.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Creole, Moroccan

Rank 1,183 (2000 US census) 1,119 (1990 US census)
Count 27,201 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.32%, or 24840 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.4%, or 1197 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.5%, or 136 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.8%, or 218 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.22%, or 332 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.76%, or 479 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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