# Hoskin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hoskin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,671 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,733 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 115,592 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.8% (2,500 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from the Middle English personal name Osekin, pet form of many Anglo-Norman names beginning with Os- such as Osbert, Osbern, Osmund, followed by the Frisian suffix -kin. Compare Osborne, Osmond, Opie, Oswald.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hoskin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 7.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 4.9% |

## Similar surnames

Haskin, Hossain, Hosseini, Hosein, Hogan, Hagen, Hassan, Hagan, Hussain, Hasan, Haugen, Hackney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.