How common is the surname Hawkinson?

3,102 people in the United States had the surname Hawkinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,531 Americans. It ranked 10,387th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hawkinson?

Josh Hawkinson, American-Japanese basketball player.

Where is the surname Hawkinson most common?

Wikidata records people named Hawkinson in Japan.

Is the surname Hawkinson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,102 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Hawkinson

A surname, carried by 3,102 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hawkinson is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

From Hawkin or Hawkins + -son.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,102 people named Hawkinson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,531 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,060.

#10,387

rank among US surnames

3,102

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,380	Hosier	3,104	99,467
#10,382	Donohoe	3,103	99,499
#10,387	Tyus	3,102	99,531
#10,391	Carnevale	3,101	99,563
#10,395	Felty	3,100	99,595
#10,396	Vasques	3,099	99,627

Who is named Hawkinson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Hawkinson identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hawkinsons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josh Hawkinson
American-Japanese basketball player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hawkinson

Hawkinson has the Soundex code H252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H252.

Questions

Where does the surname Hawkinson come from?: From Hawkin or Hawkins + -son.
How common is the surname Hawkinson?: 3,102 people in the United States had the surname Hawkinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,531 Americans. It ranked 10,387th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hawkinson?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hawkinson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Hawkinson?: Josh Hawkinson, American-Japanese basketball player.
Where is the surname Hawkinson most common?: Wikidata records people named Hawkinson in Japan.
Is the surname Hawkinson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,102 in 2010, up 1.4%.