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Origin Of The Surname Hastings
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Meaning Of The Surname Hastings
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Interesting
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Hastings
Hastings is a locational surname, originally given to a person from Hastings in northern England. Locational surnames were traditionally given to a person who had moved to a new town, the name of their old residence being given to them as a surname to differentiate them. It can also be a patronymic surname, as it can also be derived from the first name ‘Hastein’ which is said to mean vicious. The name of the place Hastings actually comes from this first name, it being called Hastings after ‘the Hastingas’, Viking settlers so-called by the Anglo-Saxons they invaded. |
Hastings Statistics
Hastings is the number 718 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 13,240 share the surname Hastings in the UK.
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