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hopkins Name Meaning and History

  1. English: patronymic from Hopkin. The surname is widespread throughout southern and central England, but is at its most common in South Wales.
  2. Irish (County Longford and western Ireland): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Oibicín, itself a Gaelicized form of an Anglo-Norman name. In other parts of the country this name is generally of English origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The hopkins name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hopkins family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hopkins Families in the US in 1920
Number of hopkins families
 655-1308
 219-654		 1-218
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Martha Hopkins and John Breithhall billhopkins188 0
African American Hopkins in Delaware Nelson1993 0
Doctor Hopkins in a Wheelchair cydny28 0
Hopkins Liles/Eli/Joseph H NC/TN ca 1800's Bonniesch 0
Leprelett Hopkins - Lost At Sea TobinfamilyCT 0
Catherine (Whelden) Hopkins ? half Native American greene12291 0
HOPKINS- Granny's Creek WV Steve 4
Lewis Hopkins donnyandalex 3
Ann Hopkins donnyandalex 0
Constance Hopkins Linda Stockstill 10
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