Hastings is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hastings
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning: 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.

Can also be derived from on Hastings, a Dane, a great robber, who either seized, or buits, or fortified it. Some 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; vehemncy, quickness of motion

How popular is Hastings?

Hastings is common in United States.

Hastings is ranked 10166 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hastings bearers increased by 2.992537 per cent in 2010 US census to 28015 since 2000, the surname slipped by 70 spots and ranked at 1253. The last name was found in around 95 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.99 91.32
Black 5.07 4.4
Hispanic or Latino 2.7 1.76
Others 1.81 1.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.84 0.8
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.5
Hastings is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Montserrat is ahead in terms of density. Around 52810 people have been found who wears Hastings as their family name. Hastings is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
95,557 Czech Republic6
2,491 Zambia5
2,480 Malawi5
9,759 Japan5
2,011 South Korea4
381,097 Ukraine4
180 Montserrat4
10,686 Costa Rica3
78,945 Argentina3
70,383 Tanzania3
14,521 Portugal2
723,167 Indonesia2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
14,004 Hungary2
54,135 Philippines2
3,791 Namibia2
2,151 Fiji2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
48,575 Azerbaijan1
50,549 Georgia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
24,771 Colombia1
25,721 Egypt1
49,529 Israel1
31,584 Peru1
10,958 Bangladesh1
2,374 Bermuda1
8,181 Botswana1
799 British Virgin Islands1
4,249 Cambodia1
15,705 Cameroon1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
34,581 Chile1
17,768 Pakistan1
53,033 Nigeria1
165,773 Belarus1
11,486 Estonia1
58,885 Poland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
9,591 Panama1
47,891 Norway1
9,498 Iceland1
2,057 Isle of Man1
6,820 Angola1
14,373 Jordan1
2,935 Madagascar1
2,196 Liberia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
846 American Samoa1
472 Tonga1
2,613 The Bahamas1
25,746 Finland1
700 Somalia1
7,941 Guatemala1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
971 Seychelles1
1,542 Andorra1
591 Samoa1
17,575 Kuwait1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
2,848 Thailand40
37,591 Belgium37
26,164 Sweden36
8,214 Singapore35
338,264 India29
8,720 Qatar29
495 Antigua and Barbuda25
23,914 Denmark20
886 United States Virgin Islands18
69,202 Netherlands18
1,163 Jersey17
406,964 Russia14
62,309 Zimbabwe13
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
33,508 Spain70
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Hastings:
7,105 South Africa913
1,064 New Zealand677
8,131 Kenya628
650 Jamaica553
1,326 Ireland426
6,557 Ghana399
28,238 Germany370
28,906 France343
13,215 Mexico314
1,356 Wales293
39,161 Brazil286
1,176 Northern Ireland250
10,151 Malaysia177
9,988 Switzerland117
1,223 Guyana104
Countries with thousands of Hastings:
1,212 England6,399
2,003 Canada2,521
1,411 Australia2,256
758 Scotland1,089
Countries with ten thousands of Hastings:
1,127 United States33,982
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Hastings worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 50 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Broom and arrived on June 1, 1846. U Hastings, James Hastings, aged 29, 20 years old William Hastings, Workwoman Susan Hastings, Jane Hastings, aged 14, 5 years old Joseph Hastings, Margret Hastings, 31 years old Samuel Hastings, and 61 other Hastings around 65% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster migrated to US.

Comments

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Valarie Farrish
 Hastings is an original locality name meaning england-sussex this name recalls the battle of October 14, 1066, which saw the victory of Guillaume the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy on harold ii king of England.

Hastings Namesakes

  • Christina Hastings, from 0 action movie Countdown to Meltdown, who played Newswoman.
  • Ben Hastings portrayed central character of Moses in 2016 comedy flick Jesus Walks.
  • In 2010, Joseph Hastings portrayed the role of Mark in drama flick Blind People.

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