The Hitchens Family Name

Anyone researching Hitchens should also look under Hitchings. Its meaning, shared with Hitchings, is “Someone who came from Hitchin (the Hicce tribe), in Hertfordshire”. Hitchens is listed among the recognised spellings of Hitchings. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Hitchins.

Hitchens ranked 13,010 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,359 people answering to the name. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Hitchens, so the heraldry linked to Hitchings is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Hitchens surname pack.