The HASTINGS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	27,201	1183	0.01	101
United States (1880 census)	7,864	765	0.016	157
Change since 1880	+19337	-418	-0.006	-56
Other Countries
Australia	1,177	1402	0.007	72
United Kingdom	5,188	1213	0.011	113

Top States for HASTINGS by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	2,124	1538	0.006	63
Texas	1,627	1514	0.008	78
Florida	1,535	1343	0.010	96
New York	1,318	1371	0.007	69
Ohio	1,251	1055	0.011	110
Top States for HASTINGS by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Delaware	694	117	0.089	886
New Hampshire	364	485	0.029	295
Vermont	141	696	0.023	232
Maine	286	895	0.022	224
Alabama	703	1051	0.016	158

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HASTINGS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HASTINGS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HASTINGS in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HASTINGS by picking someone at random in Delaware than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HASTINGS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HASTINGS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HASTINGS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HASTINGS in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	479	1.76
Mixed Race	332	1.22
Native American/Alaskan	218	0.8
Asian/Pacific	136	0.5
White (Caucasian)	24,840	91.32
Black/African American	1,197	4.4

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HASTINGS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HASTINGS in historical publications

(origin: Local) Derived from the borough of Hastings, in Sussex, England, which is memorable for the landing of William the Conqueror, and defeat and death of Harold II., in 1066. Camden derives this name from one Hastings, a Dane, a great robber, who either seized, or built, or fortified it. Somnerus derives it from the Saxon haeste, heat, because of the bubbling or boiling of the sea in that place; but as haste applies rather to voluntary beings, as men and other animals, the name more correctly signifies one who hurries, presses, drives; vehemency, quickness of motion.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

HASTINGS. That the town of Hastings, CO. Sussex, the chief of the Cinque-Ports, derived its name from one Hasting, is evident from the Bayeux Tapestry, where it i8 styled ITestenga-ceastra, " the fortification of Hasting." Whether he was the wellknown Northman pirate is, however, but matter of conjecture. The noble families

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to HASTINGS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HASTINGS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.