Hawkins

135,632 people in the United States were counted with the surname Hawkins in the 2020 census, making it the 207th most common in the country. That is about one person in 2,204.

By the numbers

People: 135,632
Rank: 207th
How common: 1 in 2,204
Per 100,000: 45.4

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

From the Middle English personal name Hawkin, diminutive of Hal (Henry), or from a byname "hawk" (Hawk).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Hawkins described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 58.9%
Black, not Hispanic 31.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Hawkins

Sally Hawkins (born 1976)English actress
Taylor Hawkins (1972–2022)American drummer
Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969)American jazz saxophonist
Paula Hawkins (born 1972)British writer
John Hawkins (1532–1595)English navigator, admiral, privateer and slave trader
Jennifer Hawkins (born 1983)Australian model, television presenter and beauty queen
Corey Hawkins (born 1988)American actor
Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929–2000)American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer

People named Hawkins with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Hawkins

Also a first name

Hawkins has been given to 933 American babies as a first name since 1914, peaking in 2016. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.