Hitson Family History
Hitson Name Meaning
English: unexplained; perhaps a metathesized form of Histon,
a habitational name from Histon in Cambridgeshire. In the U.S., this
is a southern surname, found chiefly in TN, AL, and GA.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hitson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hitson families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hitson families
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33 - 64 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hitson census records
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Hitson Family Origin
Hitson Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Hitson
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Hitson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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