Hitchen is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hitchen
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

The variant form of Hitchinson. See Richard - This baptismal name, besides becoming itself a surname, has given rise to many others; viz., Richards, Richardson, Rich, Ritchie, Riches, Rick, Ricks, Rix, Rickson, Rixon, Ritson, Rickards, Ricket, Ricketts. From Dick and Hitchin, two 'nurse-names' of Richard, we also derive Dix, Dicks, Dickson, Dixon, Digons, Dickens, Dickins, Dickinson, Dickerson, Dickison; and Hitchins, Hitchinson, Hitchcock, Hitchcox.

The surname is form of Hitchin. A town in county of Hertford. Also a "nurse-name" of Richard.

One who came from Hitchin, the Hicce tribe, in Hertfordshire; the son of little Hitch or Hick, pet forms of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

The variant form of the Hitchings. One who came from Hitchin, the Hicce tribe, in Hertfordshire; the son of little Hitch or Hick, pet forms of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

How popular is Hitchen?

Hitchen is common in England, United States, Australia, Canada.

Hitchen is ranked 97107 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hitchens plummeted by 21.92 per cent to 203 since 2000 and slipped by 20580 spots and ranked at 90853. The last name was found in merely 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.15 95.38
Black 7.88 4.23
Hitchen is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 4890 people have been found who wears Hitchen as their family name. Hitchen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Hitchen:
2,331 England3,480
Countries with hundreds of Hitchen:
67,151 United States408
8,115 Australia396
14,728 Canada257
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,436 Scotland76
2,768 Northern Ireland75
10,255 New Zealand67
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,613 Wales49
846 Isle of Man22
95,442 Malaysia12
269,324 France12

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Chas. Hitchen from Bavaria aboard the North Star from Bremerhaven, Cowes, & Havre. He is registered to be 48 years old when he arrived in USA on June 4, 1858. 40 years old Mary Hitchen, are others that migrated to US.

Hitchen Namesakes

  • Charles Hitchen, "thief-taker" and under-marshal of the City of London

Hitchen Namesakes

  • Charles Hitchen, "thief-taker" and under-marshal of the City of London

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