How common is the surname Hodgkins?

2,505 people in the United States had the surname Hodgkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,252 Americans. It ranked 12,411th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hodgkins?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hodgkins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Hodgkins?

Hodgkins is /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hodgkins getting more or less common?

More common. 2,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,505 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Hodgkins

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,505 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnz/ 2 syllables Soundex H325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hodgkins is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

From Hodgkin + -s from the given name Roger + patronymic suffix -s.

Hodgkins is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,505 people named Hodgkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,252 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,501.

#12,411

rank among US surnames

2,505

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,407	Keithley	2,506	123,203
#12,411	Bloss	2,505	123,252
#12,417	Vanetten	2,504	123,301

Who is named Hodgkins

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

95% of people named Hodgkins identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hodgkiss

Surnames that sound like Hodgkins

Hodgkins has the Soundex code H325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H325.

Questions

Where does the surname Hodgkins come from?: From Hodgkin + -s from the given name Roger + patronymic suffix -s.
How common is the surname Hodgkins?: 2,505 people in the United States had the surname Hodgkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,252 Americans. It ranked 12,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hodgkins?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hodgkins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Hodgkins?: Hodgkins is /ˈhɒd͡ʒkɪnz/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hodgkins?: Hodgkins is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hodgkins getting more or less common?: More common. 2,501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,505 in 2010, up 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Hodgkins?: Hodgkiss.