as a Last Name
- 30,690
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Hastings
Meaning & Origins
English and Scottish: habitational name from Hastings, a place in Sussex, on the south coast of England, near which the English army was defeated by the Normans in 1066. It is named from Old English Hǣstingas ‘people of Hǣsta’. The surname was taken to Scotland under William the Lion in the latter part of the 12th century. It also assimilated some instances of the native Scottish surname Harestane (see Hairston).
| 1,145th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 30,690
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Hastings per capita
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
