The HATCH surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	25,564	1262	0.009	95
United States (1880 census)	10,398	578	0.021	208
Change since 1880	+15166	-684	-0.012	-113
Other Countries
Australia	982	1680	0.006	60
United Kingdom	3,158	1979	0.007	69

Top States for HATCH by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Utah	2,376	70	0.106	1,064
California	2,220	1471	0.007	66
Florida	1,362	1495	0.009	85
Texas	1,337	1805	0.006	64
Massachusetts	1,296	648	0.020	204
Top States for HATCH by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Utah	2,376	70	0.106	1,064
Maine	1,000	198	0.078	784
Idaho	620	203	0.048	479
Vermont	242	330	0.040	397
New Hampshire	456	365	0.037	369

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HATCH live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HATCH represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HATCH in Utah than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HATCH by picking someone at random in Utah than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HATCH

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HATCH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HATCH surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HATCH in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	409	1.6
Mixed Race	363	1.42
Native American/Alaskan	276	1.08
Asian/Pacific	120	0.47
White (Caucasian)	22,683	88.73
Black/African American	1,710	6.69

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HATCH surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HATCH in historical publications

(origin: Local) A kind of door or floodgate. These ancient stops or hatches consisted of sundry great stakes and piles erected by fishermen in the river Thames or other streams, for their better convenience of securing fish. Also, a term for gates leading to deer-parks or forests.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

HATCH. In forest districts, agate across the highway to prevent the escape of deer. At-Hache aud De la Hacche are found in the H.E. Hache in Domesday appears as a personal name.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to HATCH

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HATCH.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.