About the Hitchins Surname

Hitchins? Think of it as Hitchings with a different pen. At root, the name means “Someone who came from Hitchin (the Hicce tribe), in Hertfordshire”.

• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• 320 Americans were listed as Hitchins in the 2010 census. That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames.
• Hitchins is listed among the recognised spellings of Hitchings.
• You may also find the name written Hitchens.

Arms associated with the name

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