Hutcherson Family Name and Heraldry

Spellings drift, and Hutcherson is where Hutchinson drifted for some families. The family name meaning is “The son of little Hutch, a pet form of Hugh (spirit)”, the same as for Hutchinson. Before spelling was fixed, Hutchinson was also written Hutcherson. The same family of names includes Hutcheson, Hutchison and Hutchingson.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Hutcherson surname had 6,795 bearers. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames.

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