Last Name HITCHINS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Richard, from nickname Hitch, diminutive Hitch-in. NOt to be confounded with Hutchins and Hutchinson. The 'g' in Hitching and Hitchings is, of course, an excrescence.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 51,024 (2000 US census)
Count 384 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.63%, or 348 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.99%, or 23 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.82%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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