Last Name HOCKING

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Meaning	The son of Henry, from nickname Hal, diminutive Halkin, more commonly Hawkin. This again has been corrupted to Hockin, and with excrescent 'g' tp Hocking. The genetive form is Hockings.

Origin	English, Dutch, Irish, Belgian

Rank	10,111 (2000 US census)	10,757 (1990 US census)

Count	2,934 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.16%, or 2792 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.37%, or 11 total occurrences, as black,
1.06%, or 31 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.68%, or 20 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 40 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.36%, or 40 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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