The hoskins Surname

hoskins Name Meaning and History

English: patronymic from Hoskin.
Variant of Dutch Hosekin, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of hose (garments for the legs), from Middle Low German hose ‘hose’.

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The hoskins name in History

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hoskins Family Facts

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Distribution of hoskins Families in the US in 1920

Number of hoskins families

116-230

39-115

1-38

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hoskins	pug414781	1
hoskins tree	bhosk	6
Vina "Viney" Hoskins / Ky	didi12221	0
John Hoskins-Harriet Millhuff	Debbie53x	2
HOSKINS Jesse 1843 1884 Co C Tex Cav CSA	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	1
Andrew Jackson HOSKINS b. Oct 3, 1837	dwisley	3
anyone related to jesse hoskins	Joyce Osborn	14
Samuel Hoskins 1715-1772 VA	Marcia36	7
HOSKINS Jessie NEWMAN 1898 1971	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
HELP IN OHIO	Beth	5

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