Find out how popular the last name Hutchinson is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hutchinson.

Hutchinson, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hutchinson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hutchinson in America

Hutchinson is the 710th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hutchinson surname appeared 48,781 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 17 people would have the surname Hutchinson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hutchinson to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hutchinson

The surname Hutchinson is of English origin and can be traced back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Old English words "hoch" meaning a hog and "sunu" meaning son, thus the name translates to "the son of the hog herd" or "the swineherd's son."

The name was particularly prevalent in the northern counties of England, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire, where the profession of swineherding was common in medieval times. The earliest recorded spelling of the name was found in the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire in 1195, where it appeared as "Huchesone."

In the Domesday Book of 1086, a record of landowners in England commissioned by William the Conqueror, there are several entries that may refer to the ancestors of the Hutchinson family, such as "Huche" and "Hucheman."

The name has also been associated with various place names, particularly in areas where the Hutchinson family had settled. For example, the village of Hutchinson in Derbyshire, England, is believed to have been named after a member of the family who lived there.

One of the earliest recorded Hutchinsons was John Hutchinson, born around 1490 in Yorkshire, who was a prominent merchant and alderman in the city of York during the reign of Henry VIII.

Another notable figure was Sir Thomas Hutchinson (1589-1642), an English lawyer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament and Chief Justice of the King's Bench during the English Civil War.

In the 17th century, the Hutchinson family played a significant role in the colonization of New England, with several members emigrating from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. One of the most famous Hutchinsons from this period was Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), a Puritan spiritual adviser and midwife who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her religious beliefs.

Colonel John Hutchinson (1615-1664) was an English Puritan leader and soldier who fought for the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War and wrote an influential memoir detailing his experiences.

In the 18th century, Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780) was a prominent colonial administrator who served as the last civilian governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony before the American Revolution.

Other notable individuals with the surname Hutchinson include the English poets Charles Hutchinson (1794-1842) and Thomas Hutchinson (1698-1769), as well as the American industrialist Benjamin P. Hutchinson (1828-1904), who co-founded the Studebaker automobile company.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hutchinson

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hutchinson.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hutchinson was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hutchinson has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hutchinson was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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