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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

'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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HASTINGS

The following words are slight variants of HASTINGS that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.