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

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

Is a form of the Hotchkins. See Roger - A personal name, unknown here before the Conquest. Many persons called Roger, and Rogerus, occur as tenants in Domesday. From it are formed Rogers, Rodgers, Rogerson, etc., and from its name, Hodge, we get Hodges, Hodgson, Hodgkin, Hotckin, Hotchkins, Hotchkiss, Hodgkinson, Hoskins, Hodd, Hodson, Hudson. The Norman patronymical form is Fitz-Roger, and the Welsh, Ap-Roger, now Prodger.

Surname is a variant form of the Hodkinson. See Roger - A personal name, unknown here before the Conquest. Many persons called Roger, and Rogerus, occur as tenants in Domesday. From it are formed Rogers, Rodgers, Rogerson, etc., and from its name, Hodge, we get Hodges, Hodgson, Hodgkin, Hotckin, Hotchkins, Hotchkiss, Hodgkinson, Hoskins, Hodd, Hodson, Hudson. The Norman patronymical form is Fitz-Roger, and the Welsh, Ap-Roger, now Prodger.

Hodgkins is a form of the Hotchkins. The son of little Hodge, a pet form of Rodger or Roger meaning "fame, spear".

The son of little Hodge, a pet form of Roger meaing "fame, spear".

How popular is Hodgkins?

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

Hodgkins is ranked 68708 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hodgkins bearers increased by 0.16 per cent in 2010 US census to 2505 since 2000, the surname slipped by 881 spots and ranked at 12411. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.21 96.72
Hispanic or Latino 1.92 1.08
Others 1.32 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.72 0.68
Black 0.56 0.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.32
Hodgkins is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 7227 people have been found who wears Hodgkins as their family name. Hodgkins is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Hodgkins:
11,859 United States3,342
2,812 England2,830
Countries with hundreds of Hodgkins:
6,190 Australia543
16,186 Canada230
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,445 Scotland47
6,557 Wales40
9,110 Liberia37
61,288 Greece23
6,545 Northern Ireland17
119,139 South Africa16
363,835 Thailand14
14,761 Ireland13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,005 Bermuda10
33,029 New Zealand9

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Emma Hodgkins was 37 years old when she migrated to USA on August 17, 1874. She lived in Germany and took Ohio from Liverpool. Eva Hodgkins, Harry Hodgkins (8), 44 years old Samuel Hodgkins, are other Hodgkins that migrated to US.

Hodgkins Namesakes

  • Frances Hodgkins, painter chiefly of landscape and still life
  • W. M. Hodgkins, 19th-century New Zealand painter

Hodgkins Namesakes

  • Frances Hodgkins, painter chiefly of landscape and still life
  • W. M. Hodgkins, 19th-century New Zealand painter

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