Hingston Family History
Hingston Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name from any of three places so
named. Hingston, Cornwall and Hingston Down in Moretonhampstead, Devon
are both named from the Old English byname Hengest (or from Old
English hengest ‘stallion’) + Old English dun ‘hill’,
while Hingston in Bigbury, Devon is named from Old English hind
‘hind’ + stan ‘stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hingston Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hingston families
 125 - 247  42 - 124 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hingston Family Origin
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Hingston Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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