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    The surname Hutchings

    A patronymic surname, carried by 8,833 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H325

    Hutchings: #4,025 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hutchings #4,025, 8,833 people Hutchings: #4,025 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hutchings #4,025, 8,833 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hutchings is more common than 97.5% of them.

    Origin

    From a medieval diminutive of the given name Hugh + patronymic suffix -s.

    Hutchings 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 8,833 people named Hutchings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,954 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,182.

    #4,025
    rank among US surnames
    8,833
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,986)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,021Peebles8,84334,914
    #4,022Chiang8,84134,922
    #4,024Fung8,83734,938
    #4,025Hutchings8,83334,954

    Who is named Hutchings

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

    87% of people named Hutchings identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hutchingss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tim Hutchings
      British athlete, born 1958

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hutchings

    Hutchings 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 Hutchings come from?
    From a medieval diminutive of the given name Hugh + patronymic suffix -s.
    How common is the surname Hutchings?
    8,833 people in the United States had the surname Hutchings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,954 Americans. It ranked 4,025th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hutchings?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Hutchings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hutchings?
    Tim Hutchings, British athlete.
    Where is the surname Hutchings most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hutchings in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Hutchings?
    Hutchings is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Hutchings getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,833 in 2010, up 8.0%.