English: patronymic from Hopkin. The surname is
widespread throughout southern and central England, but is at its most
common in South Wales.Irish (County Longford and western
Ireland): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Oibicín, itself a
Gaelicized form of an Anglo-Norman name. In other parts of the country
this name is generally of English origin.
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