Hatch Family Crest and Last Name Background

Behind the Hatch surname stands Hatcher, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The name is usually explained as “Dweller by a gate”. Before spelling was fixed, Hatcher was also written Hatch. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

About 26,903 people in the United States were recorded as Hatch in 2010, placing it 1,304 on the national list. It sits among the 2,500 most common last names in the country.

Arms linked to Hatcher and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Hatch family name pack.