Hosker is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hosker
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

The variant form of the Hoskin. 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.

Hosker is variant form of the Haskins. From Haw or Hal, Henry, with the diminutive KIN.

Is a variant of Haskins. Descendant of little Aesc meaning "ash, spear or ship".

A form of the Hoskins. Descendant of little Os or Hos,pet forms of Osbert, Osgood, Osmund and similar names; sometimes a corruption of Hodgkin meaning the son of little Hodge, a pet form of Roger.

How popular is Hosker?

Despite the fact that the number of Hosker bearers increased by 0.75 per cent in 2010 US census to 134 since 2000, the surname slipped by 7164 spots and ranked at 127494. The last name was found in merely 5 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 98.51 96.24

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Ernest Hosker hailed from Germany. 3 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Erin and arrived on May 27, 1879. Frank Hosker (6), Marie Hosker, aged 4, Of unknown age U Hosker, 30 years old U-Mr Hosker, U-Mrs Hosker (28), are other Hosker that migrated to US.

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