Last Name HOSKINS

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Meaning	The son of Osmund, Osgoog, or Osberne. Also, 'the son of Roger,' from nickname Hodge, diminutive Hodgekin, corruptly pronounced Hotchkin, then Hoskinm with excrescent 'g' Hosking. From 'Heschen' or 'Hoskyn,' the place of rushes, the sedgy place.

Origin	English, Cornish British, Jewish, French, Native American, Irish

Rank	1,391 (2000 US census)	1,223 (1990 US census)

Count	23,358 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

74.8%, or 17472 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
21.2%, or 4952 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 98 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.48%, or 112 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 390 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.44%, or 336 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Belarus middle names form the same way as Russian ones, in part due to general common history of the Russian and Belarus nationalities, and in part due to very close integration of all nationalities during the Soviet Union times. Follow the

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.